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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 (France)

This is a Button. It is dated 19th century and 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 Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

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Button (France); brass; Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-59-813-a

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