1. Material:
  2. cloth (367)

blue parasol

Creator:
unknown
Location:
unknown place made
Origin Date:
1850-1900
Materials:
cloth
Measurements:
overall: 24 1/2 in x 6 in
Item ID:
71.2009.082.0701
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Three-dimensional Objects

Description

This parasol features an eggshell blue canopy with an accented robin-egg blue underneath and an ivory handle that folds up to make the parasol compact. This children's parasol belonged to Mary Harlan Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln's wife. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum