Parasol
Follmer, Clogg & Company
ca. 1885 · silk, wood, metal, synthetic · Costume Institute
Featured is the quintessential 1880s parasol that would have been carried to compliment the exaggerated bustle of the period. Made by a renowned umbrella and parasol maker, Follmer, Clogg & Company, the handle is particularly attractive. Perhaps what makes this parasol special is its size, which relates well to the volume of the dresses popular in the period.
- Artist
- Follmer, Clogg & Company
- Date
- ca. 1885
- Medium
- silk, wood, metal, synthetic
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Costume Institute
- Credit line
- Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of J. Morton Halstead in memory of Emma Morton, 1928
