Woman's parasol
Category
Costume
Date
circa 1880 - 1890
Materials
Wood and silk
Measurements
764 mm (length)
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Birling Gap and Seven Sisters, East Sussex
NT 657439
Summary
A parasol made out of dark blue silk and decorated with a gold coloured outline pattern of leaves and acorns. The bottom of the parasol is trimmed with a large section of lace decorated with small holes and a scalloped edge. The handle is varnished wood. The top of the handle ends in a white plastic or mother of pearl end, shaped similar to a chess piece bishop. The bottom end of the handle has a piece missing and ends abruptly with an indented cylindrical piece of unvarnished wood.