Parasol

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Parasol

Entry/Object ID

CW 828

Description

Parasol. Lady's brown and silver silk brocade parasol; brown and silver silk fringe. Ivory handle is a folding carriage handle; fabric-covered ferule; brown and silver damask cover with brown and silver fringe. Lined with white silk; fringe also around ferule; whale bone ribs. Unknown condition. Circa 1870. Transcribed from original accession record.

Collection

Germantown Historical Society Objects

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

unknown

Provenance

Notes

The ferule is the central shaft of the parasol around which the ribs and fabric are gathered,