Object number
93/21
Description
A cream and pink striped cotton parasol with lace edging. The handle is made of cane and wood with metal fittings. It came from the home of the Lawrence family of Reading.
Physical description
1 parasol: cotton, cane, wood, metal; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten accession form’ (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Standard museum name: PARASOL // Accession number: 93/21 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 11.8.93 // Description: Cream and pink cotton parasol. Pink stripes and lace pattern at edge. Cane and wood handle with metal fitting // Descriptions: Length: 88.0 cm 75.0 cm diameter when open. // Associated information: This parasol came from the home of the Lawrence family see 93/5 [The Lawrence Family lived at Avebury Square, Reading, until the death of Dorothy Lawrence in the mid-1970s.]’
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- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_16750.tif - High resolution image
