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Buttons

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
four buttons made of wooden molds covered with silk and embroidery a: fancy silk with single bell-shaped flower - b/: floral spray on dark gray background fabric - c/: floral spray on yellow background fabric - d/: single flower on ribbed silk.
Components -a,-c are on card A
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
18th century
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Medium
silk and wood
Type
costume & accessories
Decorative Arts
Buttons
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