A large black and cream gauze parasol with frills,... Lot 155

A large black and cream gauze parasol with frills, applied with machine lace ribbon in panels and bows, c 1900’s, contained in the original box with delivery label to Mrs. Platt at Brown’s Hotel, London, dated 26/7/09, from the retailer Peter Robinson, Regent St. W, the black wood handle carved and shaped as a claw holding a clear, faceted diamond-shaped stone; and a further example of similar or slightly later period in oyster silk, trimmed with a deep macramé/fringed panel, a ribbon bow to the stained wood handle, the knop of clear plastic with a gold metal band (3)