Medium:

Ivory, metal foil, gilt metal, pewter, glass

Dimensions:

Diam.: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)

Type:

costume & accessories

Decorative Arts

Button

Made in:

France

Date:

ca. 1780

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Four buttons depicting a young woman catching a bird, from bird call to bird cage, all in carved ivory over a colored foil ground.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Julia Hutchins Wolcott

Accession Number:

1959-66-248-a/d

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

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/kq47dd91300-e148-458d-b786-13db0bf310c8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1959-66-248-a_d