Stained Glass Oleander Folding Umbrella – Auto Open & Both Sides Printed

Stained Glass Oleander Folding Umbrella — a leaded-glass Oleander treatment covers the canopy in saturated panel color, printed inside and out. The pattern was scaled to the canopy rather than tiled onto it, so the design resolves properly when the umbrella is open instead of breaking across the ribs.

The fabric is 100% waterproof polyester, treated so raindrops bead rather than absorb, and the canopy is oversized by 15cm — noticeably more shelter than the umbrella already in your bag. It weighs little enough to forget in a bag and folds down to roughly the length of a paperback. The eight-rib layout distributes strain more evenly than the six-rib frames used on cheaper folding umbrellas.

An eight-rib frame with fibreglass components and hardened metal stretchers holds the shape in wind, and the automatic open works one-handed. Folded, it fits a backpack, a briefcase or a suitcase. It is light enough to keep in a bag permanently rather than only on days the forecast is bad — which is when umbrellas are actually needed.

As a present it is genuinely useful, which is rarer in gifts than it should be. Shake it out and leave it open to dry before folding, and the water-repellent finish will keep beading rain for a long time.

Part of our Stained Glass Umbrellas collection, where the same treatment is applied across a full range of subjects. Shipped free worldwide, with 30 days to change your mind.