Modern West Lake Silk Umbrella Decorated with Painted Beautiful Ladies

Originated in the 1930s, the bamboo-rib and silk-canopy West Lake silk umbrellas, named after the West Lake sceneries on the canopy, has evolved into one of the most important traditional crafts of Hangzhou.
With a cute gourd-shaped ferrule, this umbrella has a red georgette canopy, on which there are painted court ladies in different poses, some playing hide and see while some others playing chess or on the wing. The archetype won the “Hundred Flower Award” of Chinese arts and crafts in 1990.