Button
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Attributed to
content: Agostino Brunias, Italian, ca. 1730–1796
label: For
content: Toussaint L'Ouverture
notes: label: Description
content: Circular form with painted scene depicting light skinned woman on left in white, low cut bodice with mid-length, ruffled sleeves, loose white overskirt, longer light blue underskirt, barefeet, white scarf on head, and long, tied black ribbon around her neck. She lifts skirts slightly while gazing at black man to her right; he wears short orange and brown skirt, possibly feathered, with brown strap draped diagonally across his bare chest and tall, orange feathered headdress. His left hand is on his hip while he points downward with his right hand as he gestures to the lighter skinned woman. Behind him to the right are two black women: one wears long orange, white, and black vertically striped skirt, scarf with black and orange stripes, draped head scarf with orange stripes, and gold beaded choker around neck; second woman at extreme right with her back turned to viewer wears long gold, white, and black vertically striped skirt, orange and white scarf draped over shoulders, white blouse with 3/4 length sleeves, tall orange and white turban on her head, and white pendant earrings; both women gaze at the other two figures. Landscape of palms and other plant life in background, as well as indigenous architecture at rear left. Sky painted in pale blue and orange tones. Painting protected by domed glass and framed in gilded metal. Plain metal loop attached to center of reverse side.
place: label: place depicted
content: Haiti
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of R. Keith Kane from the Estate of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1949-94-9
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Button
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Gouache paint verre fixeé, ivory (backing), glass, gilt metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 1 × 3.7 cm (3/8 × 1 7/16 in.)