These recent incidents brought to mind a family tale involving a beautiful ruffled white silk parasol which was given to my Grandmother Willis, I was told, when she graduated from Western Maryland ...

And why? Because it is heralded by the new parasol in embroidered linen and silk, with a fancy handle. This has not a curved surface. It opens up perfectly straight on top. It is the exact shape ...

Other event highlights included academic forums where national ICH inheritors and scholars discussed West Lake silk parasols, woodblock printing, Zhe-style guqin, and fan-making techniques.

More than 230 umbrellas and parasols are being documented and catalogued by students working with curators from Leeds Museums and Galleries. They include a pink silk parasol from the 1850s and a ...

Other event highlights included academic forums where national ICH inheritors and scholars discussed West Lake silk parasols, woodblock printing, Zhe-style guqin, and fan-making techniques. Key topics ...