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Umbrellas.

J. Stanworth & Co. (Blackburn, England) · 1910 · The Company · 26 pictures

A trade catalogue of umbrellas and walking sticks issued by J. Stanworth & Co. of Blackburn, England, in 1910, aimed at retail buyers choosing stock. The pages are numbered plates of numbered umbrella and cane handles photographed in rows against a plain grey backdrop, with tassels on some umbrellas. A designer could draw on their orderly grid of handle shapes, from crook and T-bar to ball and knob grips, for product or period detail.

Umbrellas and parasols

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