COPPER STRAIGHT-HANDLE UMBRELLA

Creator(s): DeWailly (Maker)

Currently in storage

About this object

Flat conical shaped umbrella (unfurled) with a copper silk cover. Wood veneer ferrule and fit up. Brass tube, top/bottom springs, tips and tip cup. Ten black enameled ribs and stretchers. Wood veneer tapering handle that ends in a Bakelite (?) tip with brass guilloche inlay on the top and bottom of the Bakelite tip. The top notch, gits, and runner are covered in rosettes of the same fabric as the cover. The hand-stitched tie is of the same fabric as the cover with a hand-stitched mother-of-pearl button and brass loop closure.

Object name:

COPPER STRAIGHT-HANDLE UMBRELLA

Made from:

silk -- brass -- Bakelite

Made in:

France __ __Paris

Date made:

c. 1910-1920

Size:

L 91 cm, 94 cm arc

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

2014.11.1

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973