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Parasol

Department Store Tiffany & Co.

1900–1905

Not on view

This parasol is of the highest quality, produced by Tiffany & Co. The label is of great interest, showing Tiffany & Co.'s Union Square address. Sterling silver was introduced to the United States in 1852, and afterwards, Charles Lewis Tiffany contracted John C. Moore to produce silverware exclusively for Tiffany's. At this new address, Moore was given his own workshop. During the Gilded Age, the company held a dominant presence in the American market, making luxury goods to satisfy their clients wants and desires.

Parasol, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), silk, wood, metal, synthetic, American — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Parasol, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), silk, wood, metal, synthetic, American

Parasol, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), silk, wood, metal, synthetic, American

Parasol, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), silk, wood, metal, synthetic, American

Parasol, Tiffany & Co. (1837–present), silk, wood, metal, synthetic, American

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Title: Parasol

Department Store: Tiffany & Co. (1837–present)

Date: 1900–1905

Culture: American

Medium: silk, wood, metal, synthetic

Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mary W. Bangs, 1965

Accession Number: 2009.300.2530

Chronology

The United States and Canada, 1900 A.D.-present

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