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Button

1850
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Button
  • Date: 1850
  • Culture: British
  • Medium: [no medium available]
  • Credit Line: From the Hanna S. Kohn Collection, 1951
  • Object Number: 50.231.499–.500
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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