Buttons, Twenty-four

Object Name:

Department

Modern

Maker(s)

Scheibler Co., Maker

Place Made:

Germany

Date:

1940-1949

Color

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black

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pressing

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Material

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glass

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paper

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thread

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Dimensions:

(Buttons): Diam: 1.8 cm; (Card): L: 14.8 cm, W: 10.4 cm

Accession Number:

96.3.46

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. James Friant

Location:

Not on Display

Description

Card of 24 Buttons. Opaque, black glass; pressed; thick paper, thread. Buttons domed circular shape with two holes in center. Raised design of segmented rays around central flower. Rectangular cream card onto which buttons sewed in four rows of six each.

Provenance

Friant, James, Source

1996-12-18

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