Van Gogh Sunflowers Folding Umbrella – Auto Open & Both Sides Printed

Van Gogh Sunflowers Folding Umbrella — the Sunflowers artwork is printed across the canopy in Van Gogh’s hand, all impasto texture and restless color, and repeated on the underside. 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. 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. Folded it is short enough to stand upright in a backpack pocket, which is the difference between carrying one and leaving it by the door.

It suits someone who walks to work and has resigned themselves to being rained on. 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 Van Gogh Umbrellas collection, where the same treatment is applied across a full range of subjects. Shipped free worldwide, with 30 days to change your mind.