Carriage parasol
W. & J. Sangster of Regent Street, London was a well-known parasol manufacturer. The firm registered their designs to prevent copying by other manufacturers. Sangsters’ innovative parasols were illustrated highlights in the official catalogue when they showed their designs at the Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in 1851. Carriage parasols had sticks or handles that folded so they could be used to shade the face. A feature of this Sangsters model is the brass collar used to hold the hinged part of the handle when fully extended.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 38/1935
- Category
- Decorative Art
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Material
- woolsilklace (cluny)ivorycane
- Common Name
- carriage parasol
- Simple Name
- parasol
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- c 1860
- Production Person Surname
- Sangsters
- Production Year Low
- 1860
- Production Year High
- 1870
