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Parasol

1840s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Parasol with a green figured satin cover woven 'en disposition' with a damask leaf pattern over which is a design of purple-blue flowers and bird sprays on curving stems. Trimmed with a green silk fringe. It has a long straight brown stained wooden handle with a hollow carved ivory tip and a flat carved ivory crook handle. The ribs are of whalebone, and the stays of black japanned metal with square sections. There is a top spring. A green silk carrying tassel is slotted through a hole in the handle, and a green silk cord with a button and brass fitting to keep it closed. The cover is hand-stitched.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Figured satin, silk fringe, stained wood, carved ivory, whalebone, brass
Brief description
Parasol of figured satin, stained wood and carved ivory, England, 1840s
Physical description
Parasol with a green figured satin cover woven 'en disposition' with a damask leaf pattern over which is a design of purple-blue flowers and bird sprays on curving stems. Trimmed with a green silk fringe. It has a long straight brown stained wooden handle with a hollow carved ivory tip and a flat carved ivory crook handle. The ribs are of whalebone, and the stays of black japanned metal with square sections. There is a top spring. A green silk carrying tassel is slotted through a hole in the handle, and a green silk cord with a button and brass fitting to keep it closed. The cover is hand-stitched.
Dimensions
  • From tip of ferrule to end of handle length: 817mm
  • Length of canopy including fringe length: 370mm
  • Circumference: 1600mm (approx) (Note: Width of one canopy panel multiplied by the number of panels)
Credit line
Given by Miss Louise Band
Collection
Accession number
T.182-1965

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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