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Buttons on Sales Card

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
White card holding 24 black, circular, two-holed buttons in four collumns; top of card with printed trademark: a belt with words "Rubber Buttons, Goodyear, 1851.", surrounding the initials I. R. C. Co.
On card i80-2
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer
India Rubber Comb Co., American
Date
ca. 1851
Credit Line
Gift of Syncellus L. Mount
Medium
Molded vulcanized rubber, printed cardboard
Dimensions
H x W x D: 20.2 × 12.2 × 0.8 cm (7 15/16 × 4 13/16 × 5/16 in.)
Type
costume & accessories
Decorative Arts
Buttons on Sales Card
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