Umbrella: Difference between revisions

Parasols are first attested on pottery shards from the [[Mycenaean Greece|late Mycenaean period]] ([[MycenaeanHelladic Greecechronology#LHLate IIIBHelladic III (c. 1320/1300 – 1190 BCLHIII)|c. 1320–11901230–1190 BC]]).<ref> Joost Crouwel: A Note on Two Mycenaean Parasol Kraters, The Annual of the British School at Athens, Vol. 71 (1976), pp. 55-56</ref> Ancient umbrellas could be opened and shut,<ref>William Smith: ''[[A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities]]'', John Murray, London, 1875: [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Umbraculum.html Umbraculum]; [[Charles Victor Daremberg]], [[Edmond Saglio]]: ''[[Dictionnaire des Antiquités Grecques et Romaines]]'': [http://dagr.univ-tlse2.fr/consulter/3018/UDO/page_592 Umbella]</ref> but rigid examples may have also existed. The earliest archaeological evidence for a collapsible umbrella was unearthed in [[Samos]] in a context from about 700 BC and follows closely the shape of a slightly older [[Phrygia]]n specimen [[Gordion Furniture and Wooden Artifacts|excavated at Gordion]]. The sliding mechanism of the two pieces is remarkably similar to those in use today.<ref>Simpson, Elizabeth (2014): "A Parasol from Tumulus P at Gordion", in: Engin, Atilla; Helwing, Barbara; Uysal, Bora (eds.): "Armizzi. Engin Özgen'e Armağan / Studies in Honor of Engin Özgen", Ankara, pp.&nbsp;237–246 (240), {{ISBN|978-605-5487-59-1}} </ref>