A green silk parasol, designed for civilian protection against attack by being secretly lined with mail-armour. The parasol consists of an iron pole, carved ivory handle and finial attached to a two-layer silk canopy which is decorated with a zig-zag design and fringed with tassels. The silk conceals a lining of mail-armour constructed of very small iron-alloy (steel?) split rings and solid rings of four to one pattern. The mail likely to be constructed of panels attaching to the collapsible frame mechanism of the parasol.