Parasol

1895–1900

Not on view

Featured, is a good example of a lace-covered parasol which is particularly attractive when opened as the lace breaks over the very sharp points created by the ribs. The makers are often identified on the better parasols. In this case a star and moon have been insiced on the runner which seems like a trademark logo that would have been recognizable at the time.

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Title: Parasol
Date: 1895–1900
Culture: American
Medium: silk, wood, metal, cotton
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Madeleine B. Stern, 1958
Object Number: 2009.300.2458a, b
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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