Parasol

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Featured is an example of an eighteenth century parasol with a canopy that was replaced at a later date, probably late 19th century. The repairer's label is still attached. Of particular interest are the whalebone rather than metal ribs and the hand-made bone or ivory ribs which vary in shape. During this period, whalebone was commonly used in corsets as support material.

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art