Mourning parasol
A beautiful as well as large parasol, it is decidedly for mourning. This fact is evidenced by the hidden mourning crepe found in the middle layer between the taffeta and the densely ruched mousseline de soie. The handle is also extremely refined.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mourning parasol
- Date: 1895–1900
- Culture: American
- Medium: silk, wood, metal, tortoiseshell
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Rachel Trowbridge, 1960
- Object Number: 2009.300.2478
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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