Parasol

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This parasol is an excellent example of the parasols typical of the 1850s. The canopy echoes the skirt shape and tiered bands of the period. Like the flounces of the period, the fabric was woven à la disposition.

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