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This and 43 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Buttons of Various Materials Europe and America, 19th and 20th centuries Button Card 042.

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1931

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Button

This is a Button. We acquired it in 1931. Its medium is brass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

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

Cite this object as

Button; brass; 1931-59-337

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