#45

French Poupee's Silk Pagoda-Shape Parasol
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$950
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Description
8" (20 cm.) Having a carved bone handle and tip,the parasol is fitted with rare curved tines which create a pagoda-like shape when the parasol is opened; fitted with frail original coral silk and having a variegated-color silk fringe. Excellent condition excepting fraility of silk. French,circa 1865,the pagoda parasol is considered one of the rarest of poupee accessories.