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Parasol with Cover of Machine-Made Chantilly Lace, Decorated with Flowers and Leaves, on Black Satin and Lined with White Pongee Silk on a Wooden Shaft with Handle of Relief-Carved Ivory
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Parasol with a cover of machine-made Chantilly lace, decorated with flowers and leaves, on black satin and lined with white pongé silk on a wooden shaft with a handle of carved relief ivory. Sculpted parasol cover with a bouquet consisting of two large flowers and four long leaves in each shell. Border of ovals with leaf decoration above 'gadrons' with trefoils. Around it, a hanging strip of lace with hanging feather, leaf, and flower motifs. The wooden shaft is painted black. Metal ferrule. The ivory handle is partially twisted with a rope motif.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineParasol met dek van machinale Chantilly kant, versierd met bloemen en bladeren, op zwart satijn en gevoerd met witte pongé-zijde op een houten stok met handvat van in reliëf gesneden ivoor. c. 1880. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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