Silk parasol in a golden-cream color with raised pattern of leaves. Bottom is solid golden-cream and scalloped. Handle is bamboo. Comes with a paper cover with writing 'Â…plished in 1855./..J. Gilchrist,/Â…Importers and Dealers in/(D)ry Goods./At the Old Stand./ ..5&7 Witner Street. Boston.'
Date:
1875-1890
Maker:
unknown
Material:
bamboo (material), brocade (textile), metal, paper (fiber product), silk (textile), wood (plant material)
GUSN:
53371
Accession Number:
1942.1477AB