Vintage Italy Ornate Metal Handle Silk Parasol Umbrella Black Daytons Store-35"

Description: This vintage "made in Italy for Dayton's Department Store" umbrella is in GOOD working condition. The cover slips on and off easily. The ornate metal handle does have age approriate tarnish. From smoke-free home.My mother-in-law was a porcelain doll artist and loved quality vintage pieces. She frequented estate sales. I found this umbrella in her things when we emptied her home for her to move. I do not know the age of it. You may make an educated guess after reading some of the history of the Dayton's Department Store of Minneapolis, since it was made for them in Italy. Length - 35 inchesOpen umbrella diameter - 36 inchesVery carefully boxed for safe shipping from Des Moines, Iowa!Dayton's was an American department store chain founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1902 by George Draper Dayton. It operated several local high-end department stores throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest for almost 100 years.[1] Although it was regionally known as a high-quality shopping destination, Dayton's is best remembered for starting the discount shopping chain Target. The company was also instrumental in the history of shopping malls, opening the first indoor shopping mall in the United States—Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, in 1956.In 1969, Dayton's merged with Michigan department store chain Hudson's to form the Dayton-Hudson Corporation. The Target division of the company eventually grew so large that in 2000 the corporation was renamed the Target Corporation. Dayton-Hudson had acquired Chicago-based Marshall Field's in 1990 and Target rebranded Dayton's stores as Marshall Field's stores in 2001 in an effort to focus more on discount retailing. In 2004, Marshall Field's was purchased by May Department Stores, which subsequently merged in 2005 with Macy's, turning the remaining Marshall Field's stores into Macy's department stores.For most of its history, Dayton's was owned and operated by the Dayton family. The company's mark on Minnesota remains with three Twin Cities shopping malls created by Dayton's, Southdale, Rosedale, Ridgedale, with the original location still standing.[2][3][4]History[edit]The original, flagship Dayton's store in downtown Minneapolis, followed by Macy's until March 2017The Dayton Company logo in 1918Goodfellow & Company[edit]Dayton's has roots in R.S. Goodfellow & Company, a dry goods business founded as Goodfellow and Eastman in 1878.[5] George Draper Dayton constructed a six-story building at Nicollet Avenue and Seventh Street in 1902 and convinced Goodfellow's, then the fourth-largest department store in Minneapolis,[6] to become the tenant. Designed by Charles Sedgwick, the building made of brick, iron, plate glass, pressed brick and terra cotta, was one of the largest buildings in the city and had all of the latest displays and innovations, including passenger and freight elevators.[7][8][9] [10] The Goodfellow's store opened June 24, 1902, and Reuben Simon Goodfellow retired shortly before, selling his interest to Dayton, who financed and partnered with George Loudon, F.H. Carleton, and J.B. Mosher to run the business.[11]Dayton's Dry Goods[edit]By 1903, George Dayton had bought out one partner[12] and renamed the store Dayton's Dry Goods Company. At this time, the company stated it would be known as Dayton's.[13][14] After the name change was completed, Dayton's operations were handled by George Dayton along with his son, Draper Dayton, and J.B. Mosher. Mosher left the company in December 1905.[15] In 1911, the name was changed again to The Dayton Company.[16][17]Dayton's[edit]Dayton's officially became The Dayton Company in 1911, and also purchased the property at Nicollet and Eighth Street in downtown Minneapolis to expand Dayton's retail footprint.[18] By 1929, the downtown location consisted of three buildings: the original building from 1902 and two additions from 1913 and 1929, totaling about a million square feet.[19]Draper Dayton died unexpectedly at the age of 43 in 1923.[20] Dayton's founder, George Draper Dayton, died in 1938;[21] and his surviving son, George Nelson Dayton, succeeded him as president of the company.[22]

Price: 82 USD

Location: Des Moines, Iowa

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