Stained Glass Chamomile Vine Folding Umbrella – Auto Open & Both Sides Printed

Stained Glass Chamomile Vine Folding Umbrella — the Chamomile Vine design is rendered in stained glass panels across the canopy, printed on both faces, so looking up into it is genuinely like standing under a window. Printing both faces costs more and is worth it: an umbrella spends most of its working life being looked up into by the person holding it.

The canopy is 100% polyester with a multi-step water-repellent finish, so rain beads and shakes off rather than soaking in. It runs 15cm wider than a standard folding umbrella, which is the difference between staying dry and nearly staying dry. The frame is aluminium through the shaft with fibreglass in the ribs — the combination that keeps weight down while letting the canopy flex rather than snap in a gust. The auto-open mechanism is sprung rather than motorised, so there is nothing to charge or replace.

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.

It gives well to a commuter, a traveller, or anyone whose current umbrella is the free one from a conference. Let it dry open rather than folding it wet; that single habit is what determines whether an umbrella lasts one season or five.

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.