Parasol

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Used for a very expensive parasol, this is a fine example of Belgian appliqué net lace worked in the form of a parasol cover. Parasol covers were made separately from the parasols and tacked on at the end of the manufacturing process.

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