bamboo or cane with handles ranging from the discreet to the frivolous, with animal heads being popular. The style and workmanship of some handles suggest that the Czilinsky family of ivory and wood carvers may well have taken commissions from Brigg as it did from Swaine & Adeney. For evening wear sticks might be of ebonized hardwoods or of exotic material such as tortoiseshell, while the knops might be in gold, crystal or set with jewels. Luxury handles for sticks were commissioned from silversmiths, wood and ivory carvers and turners. Brigg joined in the late Victorian and Edwardian craze for what are now known as gadget or system canes and umbrellas, with concealed pencils, atomizers and other trickery. The silversmith Charles Henry Dumenil was a leading exponent of such gadgetry as well as being a major supplier of mounts to the firm. Among other silversmiths providing mounts were Charles Cooke of Frith Street, Soho, James Damant of City Road and Thomas Johnson. Awards at world's fairs 1908 Franco-British Exhibition, London: Wins the Grand Prix for umbrellas In public collections Three umbrellas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogued as by Thomas Briggs & Sons One parasol by Thomas Brigg & Sons at the Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester Notes Further reading Farrell, Jeremy. Umbrellas & Parasols. The Costume Accessories Series under the general editorship of Aileen Ribeiro, London: B. T. Batsford, 1985 Prior, Katherine, with many photographs by James Austin (2012). In Good Hands: 250 Years of Craftsmanship at Swaine Adeney Brigg. Cambridge: John Adamson. , "Thomas Brigg & Sons: Royal Umbrella-Makers", pp. 90–121 Umbrella manufacturers Umbrellas Fashion accessories Manufacturing companies based in London Companies based in the City of Westminster