Button

1938

Not on view

Several of these buttons and fasteners were shown in "A Slice of Schiaparelli: Surrealism in Fashion from the Brooklyn Museum." Patricia Mears names and dates them as follows:
"Tinsel Candlestick" jacket fasteners, winter 1937-38
"Playing Card" emblem buttons, fall-winter 1939
"Ship Tacking Hinge" jacket pins, ca. 1935
"Crown" button, fall 1937
"Victorian mirror" suit pins, spring 1938
"Cricket" jacket pins, fall 1938

Artwork Details

Object Information

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Button
Design House: Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927)
Designer: Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973)
Maker: Attributed to Jean Clément (French, 1900–1949)
Maker: Attributed to Roger Jean-Pierre (French, active 1934–1976)
Date: 1938
Culture: French
Medium: glass, metal
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos, 1955
Object Number: 2009.300.1502a, b
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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