Parasol
- Object Name:
- Parasol
- Object ID:
- 1908.006.10
- Date:
- circa 1856
- Description:
- Parasol. Green and black changeable silk taffeta. Simulated bamboo wooden folding handle with carved ivory end and ivory tip. Japanned metal sleeve, 2" long, on handle joint. Ivory tips on ribs. Attached label (now in accession folder) reads on one side: "FROM THE / NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, / 212 NORTH MAIN STREET, / CONCORD, N. H. / [the following handwritten] LOANED FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD BY MR. J. F. TERRY" and on the other: "PARASOL OF MRS. B. B. PHELPS / OF DAVISVILLE. BOUGHT OF / CLARK & CURRIER, CONCORD / 1856. COST $2.00".
- Material:
- Textile
Skeletal
Wood
Ivory
Silk - Dimensions:
- L-33.7 Dia-27 inches
- Provenance:
- Loaned to NHHS in 1908 by J. Franklin Terry, who lived part of the year in Davisville, NH. This and other objects in the accession came from "the brick house just across the bridge as you come from Concord on the left," according to Terry's letter to NHHS. The parasol was owned by Mrs. B. B. Phelps, who lived with the Davis family.
- Credit Line:
- Loaned by J. Franklin Terry
- People:
- Phelps, B. B., Terry, J. Franklin
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