Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1977.047.006 |
Object Name |
Parasol |
Title |
Silk Parasol |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Woman's ecru silk, flounced parasol. The handle has a knotty wood and a curving end, decorated with a hanging silky tassel. White-tipped at the top. The knotty wood looks like it has a clear lacquer on it, and it is lightly-finished. There are 8 white-finished spokes inside. No maker's name is present. |
Provenance |
Likely used by a woman of the Bishop or MacKay family of Owen Sound, Grey County. Last owned by Fred MacKay Jr. of Owen Sound, who was a descendant from the MacKay family, the Hiram Kilbourn family, the Ebenzeer Bishop family and the William Avery Bishop Sr. family. |
Collection |
Textiles, 19th-c Clothing Collection, Women's |
Material |
Silk/Wood/Metal/Thread |
Dimensions |
L-95 Dia-72 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Bishop (Senior), William Avery MacKay, Louise MacKay, Fred (Jr.) |
Subjects |
Sun |
Function |
Parasols were still available up until the 1920s, when ladies tended to want suntanned complexions rather than pale Victorian-style complexions. In the 19th-century, ladies usually aimed to have at least a black parasol and a white parasol. If they could afford it, they sometimes would have more than these, to match outfits. |