Parasol
- Object Name:
- Parasol
- Object ID:
- 1896.005
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Parasol, folding. Dark green silk with wide brocaded border. Folding wooden handle simulating bamboo; carved ivory at bottom end, and elaborately carved ivory finial, ~5" long, at top end. Sliding japanned brass sleeve, 2" long, on joint.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Wood
Ivory - Dimensions:
- L-37.8 Dia-30 inches
- Provenance:
- "The enclosed parasol was originally the property of Mrs. Robert M. Wallace, wife of Capt. Wallace of Henniker, NH, and is nearly 100 years old. Presented to the NH Historical Society by Mrs. Sophia Stiles of Henniker, aged 92. Nov. 16, 1896."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Sophia Stiles
- People:
- Wallace, Robert M.
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