Umbrella belonging to Robert Burns

Key details

Object number: 3.7503
Date: 1780 to 1789
On display: Yes

Description

Umbrella with ivory handle at the end of a wooden shaft, and ivory tips to the wooden spokes. It has faded black and beige banded silk covering material. Robert Burns's name stitched on trim.

Object information

Acquisition

1 November 1997

Material

Silk
Wood
Ivory

Measurements

Height: 100(cm)
Width: 55(cm)

Themes

Burns The Man

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