Parasol

Dupuy

1900–1908 · cotton, wood, metal, porcelain · Costume Institute

Made by Dupuy, this parasol is a finely crafted French accessory. The fabric is of particular interest in that it is very much in the mode of the naive designs produced and popularized by the workshop Martine of Paul Poiret. The piece is all-together charming and a wonderful artifact of the Belle Époque.

Artist

Dupuy

Date

1900–1908

Medium

cotton, wood, metal, porcelain

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. Paul Pennoyer, 1965