Umbrellas

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  • 3150 BCE

    The first umbrella

    The first umbrella
    They say that the first umbrellas, were invented in Egypt or in China. We can say, that they were invented around 3150 A.C. and 1600 A.C. In that times, the umbrellas weren't intended to protect us from the rain. The ancient Greeks and Romans used them as shade from the sun. It was the Roman women who began to oil the cloth of the umbrella to protect it from moisture.

  • The rain umbrella

    The rain umbrella
    Aroun 1700, it became popular to carry wood and oilcloth models as protection from the rain in Europe.

  • The steel ribbed umbrella

    The steel ribbed umbrella
    The steel ribbed umbrella was invented by Samuel Fox in 1852. This umbrellas, were kind that we see nowdays, the mort modern umbrellas.