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1931

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2015

2025

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Button (France)

This is a Button. It is dated 1801–50 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is copper, silver plated. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Button (France); copper, silver plated; H x diam.: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.); 1931-59-139

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