BLACK CROOK HANDLE UMBRELLA WITH WHITE LACE
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Inverted saucer shaped (unfurled) umbrella with black nylon cover and white machine-made lace trim. The 20.5 cm wide lace is hand-stitched to the ten ribs on the interior of the cover at the top notch. Another length of the white lace is hand-stitched to ribs on the interior at the border of the cover. The edges of the cover have a 3mm wide ribbed pattern with the word “NYLTEST” woven at 2.5 cm intervals. Brass ferrule, open cap adhered with a brass tack, and tip cup. Steel tube, ribs, stretchers, top/ bottom springs. White plastic runner is covered with a black nylon rosette. The crook handle is covered in black leather. A leather strap is tied above the handle with a loop knot; a brass bead is tied to the end of the leather strap. A 6 cm ruched black nylon slip-on band trimmed across the center in white lace serves as a tie.
- Object name:
- BLACK CROOK HANDLE UMBRELLA WITH WHITE LACE
- Made from:
- nylon -- lace -- brass -- leather
- Date made:
- ca. 1960
- Size:
- L. 85 cm., 99 cm. arc
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2014.11.6
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973