Parasol

Betaille

1912 · silk, metal, wood, porcelain, synthetic · Costume Institute

This is an interesting and elegant parasol, purchased on the rue Royale, the main shopping thoroughfare in Paris particularly attractive to tourists. The handle imitates the Chinese cloisonné technique with distinctly Chinese imagery, and fits accordingly with the craze for Orientalism during that period.

Artist

Betaille

Date

1912

Medium

silk, metal, wood, porcelain, synthetic

Culture

French

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Robert S. Kilborne, 1958