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Small folding parasol of brown taffeta
French
About 1840
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk; Taffeta
Dimensions
62 cm (24 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Dows Dunham
Accession Number52.259
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBrown silk fringe at top and around edge, carved ivory handle and tip, tip in series of tapering disks with ring at top, handle in design of serpentine leaves with small melon shaped ball at end; wooden ribs.