Such umbrellas were large, heavy, and clumsy. Their oiled silk or canvas covers and their ribs and shafts of cane or whalebone made them difficult to open when wet, and they leaked.
छत्र्या बनवणाऱ्‍यांची व त्या विकणाऱ्‍या दुकानांची संख्या वाढत गेली व कंपन्या छत्रीच्या नमुन्यात नवनवीन सुधारणा करण्यात गर्क झाल्या.