Parasol Collection (page 9)

Women elegantes en robes d'apres midi et femme en robe legere d'ete
FLO4562598 Women elegantes en robes d'apres midi et femme en robe legere d'ete, 1926 - Women in afternoon dresses of shirt crepe and printed crepe de chine

Femme elegante en robe de crepe de chine printed with assorted coat and umbrella
FLO4562586 Femme elegante en robe de crepe de chine printed with assorted coat and umbrella and another wearing a set three pieces en crepe print

Women in afternoon dresses in printed muslin and in printed crepe, carrying umbrellas - Lithograph with stencil
FLO4562580 Women in afternoon dresses in printed muslin and in printed crepe, carrying umbrellas - Lithograph with stencil handcolour from the luxury French fashion magazine " Art, Gout

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan-Mire: bakery Maindreau and its artisans pose in the courtyard, 1900
LUX4759534 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Ballan-Mire: bakery Maindreau and its artisans pose in the courtyard, 1900; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Portrait of Simone d'Herlys, 1900
LUX4746683 Portrait of Simone d'Herlys, 1900; (add.info.: Portrait of Simone d'Herlys, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Parisian ladies, Empire era, 1864. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet taken from the magazine " Le
FLO4686284 Parisian ladies, Empire era, 1864. Handcoloured steel engraving by Hippolyte Pauquet taken from the magazine " Le Petirier des Dames"" from the Pauquet Brothers' "

'The Bloomer Polka', composed by J.J. Blockley, c.1850
XTD75627 'The Bloomer Polka', composed by J.J. Blockley, c.1850; Private Collection.

First World War: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Departure in front of the train station of Tours before
LUX4797969 First World War: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Departure in front of the train station of Tours before the departure of the soldiers for the front

Italy, Sicily: tourists with umbrella and camera visit Roman ruins at the foot of a big city, 1900
LUX4779463 Italy, Sicily: tourists with umbrella and camera visit Roman ruins at the foot of a big city, 1900; (add.info.: Italy)

Theater Street Osaka - Japan 1880-1910 (hand coloured photo)
CSO4982088 Theater Street Osaka - Japan 1880-1910 (hand coloured photo); (add.info.: Theater Street Osaka - Japan); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Two incredible (fops) with cudgels hinder the promenade of two wonders by pinning the tails of their dresses
FLO4677885 Two incredible (fops) with cudgels hinder the promenade of two wonders by pinning the tails of their dresses. One looks back coquettishly at the ridiculous dandy

Belgium, Ostend: elegantes attend a horse race, 1900
LUX4811534 Belgium, Ostend: elegantes attend a horse race, 1900; (add.info.: Belgium, Ostend: elegantes attend a horse race, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A man sitting poses around two women at the Bois de Boulogne, 1910
LUX4814485 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): A man sitting poses around two women at the Bois de Boulogne, 1910; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817
FLO4620290 The King of the Ashanti (Ghana) welcomes an English mission led by Thomas Bowdich, 1817. Drummers and dancers with human skulls perform in front of nobles under parasols

Frontispice of the book " Les Indes Noires", novel by Jules Verne, 1884
JAB5034173 Frontispice of the book " Les Indes Noires", novel by Jules Verne, 1884, published by Hetzel editions under the general title " Les voyages extraordinaire".; (add.info)

Belle epoque: view of the beach and the casino of Saint Valery en Caux (Saint-Valery-en-Caux) in the Seine Maritime
ELD4950446 Belle epoque: view of the beach and the casino of Saint Valery en Caux (Saint-Valery-en-Caux) in the Seine Maritime

Panorama from the Molo of the Island of San Giorgio (b/w photo) 1880-1920
FTB103635 Panorama from the Molo of the Island of San Giorgio (b/w photo) 1880-1920; Collezione Naya-Bohm, Venice, Italy; © Francesco Turio Bohm.

Madagascar: A white settler and his umbrella carries in a chair by 4 indigenous people, 1898 - En route to Tananarive
LUX4755554 Madagascar: A white settler and his umbrella carries in a chair by 4 indigenous people, 1898 - En route to Tananarive; (add.info.: Madagascar)

Floral jubilee...in honour of the Dumfries and Galloway Horticultural Society...1862. Creator: Unknown
Floral jubilee recently held in honour of the Dumfries and Galloway Horticultural Society's fiftieth anniversary, 1862

A Pictorial: the First Syllable, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A Pictorial: the First Syllable, 1864. Christmas entertainment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Pescatrici sull'Arno alla Casaccia di Bellariva (Fisherwomen on the Arno near the Casaccia..., 1887)
Pescatrici sull'Arno alla Casaccia di Bellariva (Fisherwomen on the Arno near the Casaccia in Bellariva), 1887. Found in the Collection of the Museo Ottocento Bologna.

"Children Playing at Horses", by C. R. Leslie, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
"Children Playing at Horses", by C. R. Leslie, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. 'We cannot seize and confine in words the delicate aroma of natural truth

Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Letter-writers and dealers in cigar-ends at Rome, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by M. Mariani. '...especially on Sundays after mass

A walk in the garden at the Yudins' dacha in Tarakanovo, 1903. Creator: Unknown
A walk in the garden at the Yudins' dacha in Tarakanovo, 1903. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Mazova Anna Mikhailovna, granddaughter of the Irkutsk merchant and chronicler Krotov, 1920. Creator: Mazov
Mazova Anna Mikhailovna, granddaughter of the Irkutsk merchant and chronicler Krotov, 1920. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Entrance to the Throne Hall with a relief on the door jamb depicting King Xerxes I (c.519-465 BC) leaving the hall
BAL112355 Entrance to the Throne Hall with a relief on the door jamb depicting King Xerxes I (c.519-465 BC) leaving the hall, Achaemenian period, 5th century BC (photo); Persepolis, Iran.

evening calm
Markus Auerbach

Young lady and umbrella in pagoda
Aharon Golani

No tanning today
Gilbert Claes

Lungomare - Diptych 5
Roberto Ruoli

Orderly
Irene Wu

Two Monks Walking Home
Ajit Rana

Les filles du bord de mer
Eric Drigny

Sunbeds and umbrellas
Marc Apers

L Alveare
Massimo Della Latta

The Lady on the Terrace, 1914. Creator: Othon Friesz
The Lady on the Terrace, 1914

Man seated outdoors painting, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Man seated outdoors painting, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942

Maidstone Club, 1932. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Maidstone Club, 1932

Fashion show, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Fashion show, East Hampton, Long Island, between 1933 and 1942

Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1826. Creator: Rudolph Ackermann
Fashion Plate (Walking Dress), 1826

Beauty Walking on a Snowy Day, 1854. Creator: Utagawa Kunisada
Beauty Walking on a Snowy Day, 1854. Left sheet of a triptych titled Edo meisho asakusa toshi no ichi Famous Sights of Edo: The Year End Market at Asakusa

A Sikh Temple in Umritzir - from a drawing by W. Carpenter, Jun. 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Sikh Temple in Umritzir [India] - from a drawing by W. Carpenter, Jun. 1858. Umritzir, the religious capital of the Sikh people, was first constituted a holy city by Arjoon, fourth Gooroo

The Towcester Flower Show, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Towcester Flower Show, 1858. The pleasant little market-town of Towcester, in Northamptonshire, has recently been enlivened by a floral and horticultural exhibition, by a cattle show

Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Celebration at Jersey of the Opening of the Channel Islands Telegraph, 1858. View of...the scene of popular excitement on the occasion in the streets of St. Helier

Fashions for September, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Fashions for September, 1858. We may here describe a few dresses worn during the fetes at Cherbourg by ladies of distinguished rank

Mowing, Shearing, and Cottagers Flower Show, at Coleshill Park - the Distribution of the... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mowing, Shearing, and Cottagers Flower Show, at Coleshill Park - the Distribution of the Prizes, 1858. For fourteen years the noble owner of Coleshill

harbour scene. Creator: Unknown
harbour scene

Experiments with Captain Fowke's pontoon bridge on the Serpentine, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Experiments with Captain Fowke's pontoon bridge on the Serpentine, [London], 1860. The pontoon to be tested consists of an oblong framework of wood and iron

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"Sheltered in Style: The Timeless Elegance of the Parasol" From William Heath Robinson's whimsical "Ultra-Marine" to Georges Seurat's iconic "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, " the parasol has long been a symbol of grace and sophistication. Whether strolling along the sun-kissed beaches of Clearwater, Florida or Dawn Beach in St. Martin, this fashionable accessory adds a touch of glamour to any seaside escape. Dating back to 1920s advertisements by Elspeth Phelps, where women were portrayed as effortlessly chic with their parasols in hand, this timeless accessory continues to captivate us today. Its delicate charm is beautifully captured in John Singer Sargent's masterpiece "Lady with Parasol, " exuding an air of refinement and poise. Inspired by Claude Monet's enchanting "Lady in the Garden, " we are reminded that even amidst nature's beauty, a they are elevate one's allure. From leisurely walks along San Antonio Riverwalk to basking under the Sicilian sun at Cefalu beach, these images transport us into a world where elegance meets practicality. As seen in Georges-Pierre Seurat's study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, " every stroke reveals meticulous attention to detail - just like choosing the perfect parasol. With its vibrant colors and intricate patterns, it becomes more than just protection from harsh rays; it becomes an extension of our personal style. Whether seeking respite from scorching summers or simply adding flair to our everyday lives, let us celebrate the enduring appeal of the parasol. A true testament to fashion through time and cultures worldwide – from Europe to America – it remains an essential companion for those who appreciate both beauty and function under sunny skies.