Umbrella
H. G. Gobbett
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Metal, Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima], Textile, Whalebone, Wood
Measurements
959 mm (Length)228 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Halesworth
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338452
Summary
Umbrella, green (blueish tinge), pale bands at rim. Wood stem, dark wood carved knob with mother-of-pearl insert. Whalebone ribs, metal levers. Rolling button marked 'H.G. Gobbett, Halesworth. 'Possibly part CPW 494.
Provenance
CPW 494 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
H. G. Gobbett