Attributed to:

Agostino Brunias, Italian, ca. 1730–1796  Search this

For:

Toussaint L'Ouverture  Search this

Medium:

Gouache paint on ivory verre fixé (affixed to) glass, ivory (backing), gilt metal

Dimensions:

H x diam.: 1 x 3.7 cm (3/8 x 1 7/16 in.)

Type:

costume & accessories

Decorative Arts

Button

Place depicted:

Haiti

Date:

late 18th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Button depicting scene with four figures in a landscape with palm trees. At left, a light-skinned man at entrance of a hut, as black-skinned man and woman, dressed in Western style working clothes, converse with another woman who wears only a skirt, carrying a child on her back and a package on her head.

Credit Line:

Gift of R. Keith Kane from the Estate of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes

Accession Number:

1949-94-1/18

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq447e90457-753b-4050-b997-46eb4511339d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1949-94-1_18