buttons (8)
date: label: Date made
content: 1990-2000
label: Date made
content: 1930-1950
name: label: from the estate of
content: Murray, Anne Wood
label: maker of 6,7,8
content: La Mode
label: maker
content: Orvis
notes: label: Description
content: BUTTON 1-Round; concave metal front, rimmed; interior is scene, three dimensional of European medieval town with cobblestone streets; all metal is bronze colored with exception of sky which is mottled and stell colored; back painted black; with loop; mark on back BUTTON 2-round; base, convex, made of plastic in imitation of tortoise shell; round metal piece, brass, in color, in center that has raised Celtic-type knot design; back has raised, molded loop; unmarked; Buttons 3,4,5- form set; each is of plastic in imitation of tortoise shell; concave in shape; large gold colored metal American eagle mounted to front of each button; molded loop on back; unmarked; BUTTON 6 - molded plastic; variegated brown in color; round; convex in shape; design is abstract leaves that overlap; two holes in center; back has molded rim, raised; with molded mark; BUTTONS 7,8 - slightly smaller versions of button 6
label: Description
content: Buttons 3, 4, 5 probably date to period of World War II; others from 1930s and most likely all came from coats.
label: Description
content: Anne Wood Murray, who was a longtime curator of Costume at the National Museum of American History, saved buttons both for reuse (a typical practice), but she also set aside those that she thought had interesting decorative details.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: perhaps made in
content: Germany
label: probably used in
content: United States: District of Columbia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor L. Boyne and Judith N. Prentiss, From the Estate of Anne Wood Murray
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0223.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Buttons (8)
label: Object Type
content: Accessories for the Manufacturing of Clothing
label: Object Type
content: Button
label: Object Type
content: Notions
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: button 1: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: button 2: 1 5/8 in; x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: buttons 3, 4, 5: 1 in; x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: button 6: 1 5/8 in; x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: buttons 7, 8: 1 1/4 in; x 3.175 cm