Creation Date

1870 – 1949

Description

Parasol: Black satin (nylon?) parasol (for carriage use?). The original accession record said it was 27" long with a broken folding ivory handle. Currently, the parasol is 19 1/4" long from ferrule to the end of the ribs. The cover is black satin? (nylon?). At the bottom of the cover is a 3/8" wide x 6" long faded dark purple strip that wraps around the cover. It is fastened to the cover by a black celluloid? button and there is a rusted ring at the end of the strip. There is no inside cover. The cover is approximately 18 1/8" long (at a rib) and has an approximately 33" diameter when opened. It has silver colored metal ribs. The outside ribs attached to the cover are jointed. The tips of the ribs are pale yellow transparent bakelite?. There are broken pieces of the handle in a bag. One piece of the handle has a 1/4" wide x 3" long black woven carrying cord. At the tip of the cord is a black celluloid? (plastic?) tube. The stick is silver colored metal and is 10 1/4" long (excluding the celluloid? handle). There is a long spring around the stick. The handle is approximately 1 3/4" long and is broken. It is yellowish cream celluloid? It is cylinder with a narrow piece extending down. The ferrule is round flat topped clear transparent bakelite? (or lucite?) and is a 1/2" long. The sliding tube that opens the parasol is silver colored metal. There is a circle of black stiff material at the top of the sliding tube below the ribs.
See accession note.