Parasol

fourth quarter 19th century
Not on view
This is an excellent example of a very expensive and fine parasol cover. The pattern created for this specific format of eight sections, corresponds with the sections of the parasol. Inexpensive parasols were usually used just for a season and then discarded, but a parasol for which this would be a cover would be only of the finest quality and used for several years.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Parasol
  • Date: fourth quarter 19th century
  • Culture: Belgian
  • Medium: linen
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Alan L. Wolfe, 1956
  • Object Number: 2009.300.2441
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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