Button

Item Information

Title:
Button
Description:
Circular black button decorated with intaglio gold boteh-shaped leaves and branches. Interior of boteh patterns embellished with alternating red and blue/white.
Date:
1870–1900
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
buttons (fasteners)
accessories (object genre)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
boteh
Bakelite
Molded
Painted
Foliate
Extent:
0.125 in. (W) Diameter: 0.625 in.
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/24244
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
Accession #:
1998.5128
Identifier:
24244