Parasol

Unknown

1850–59 · silk, metal, wood, ivory · Costume Institute

This parasol is an excellent example of the parasols typical of the 1850s. The canopy echoes the skirt shape and tiered bands of the period. Like the flounces of the period, the fabric was woven à la disposition.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1850–59

Medium

silk, metal, wood, ivory

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 Dr. Robert G. Thorpe in memory of Nellie Marvin Peet, 1966