Umbrella
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Cotton, Metal, Whalebone, Wood
Measurements
1073 mm (Length)279 mm (Diameter)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338456
Summary
Umbrella, heavy. Green, pale bands at rim. Thick wooden stem, no handle, instead top of stem has slashes to help retain in socket? whalebone ribs, metal levers. Brass ferrule with ring for hanging. 'Gig umbrella of sea green cotton, sq.whalebone ribs with brass tips' - CPW Item 532
Provenance
CPW Item 532 Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.