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This parasol is an excellent example of the parasols typical of the 1850s. The canopy echoes the skirt shape and tiered bands of the period. Like the flounces of the period, the fabric was woven à la disposition.
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Title: Parasol
Date: 1850–59
Culture: American
Medium: silk, metal, wood, ivory
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Dr. Robert G. Thorpe in memory of Nellie Marvin Peet, 1966
Accession Number: 2009.300.3297
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