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YELLOW NYLON PARASOL

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Inverted saucer shaped (unfurled) parasol with yellow nylon cover. A 6 cm wide yellow nylon ruffle is machine-sewn along the border of the ruffle and a 10 cm wide ruched band serves in place of the open cap. White-painted stick that terminates in an ovoid handle. Ten steel ribs and stretchers and brass top/bottom springs. A ruched yellow nylon band with nylon wrist strap is hand-sewn through a hole bored in the stick 19 cm above the handle.

Object name:
YELLOW NYLON PARASOL
Made from:
nylon -- wood
Made in:
USA
Date made:
ca. 1950-1960
Size:
L. 93 cm., 75 cm. arc

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
2014.11.12
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973