Parasol with machine-made lace canopy, anonymous, c. 1895 - c. 1900
Chantilly lace, l c.97.8cm More details
Parasols with a black lace canopy over a white silk ground had been in fashion since 1850and where therefore nothing new in the 1890s. Yet the maker of this parasol added an innovate element by decorating the inside of the canopy. When the opened parasol is carried over the shoulder, a border of black flowers surrounds the face.
