Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Button hook
Object Number:
2002.1.2631ee
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal, cloth
Dimensions:
5 1/8 x 1 x 1/8 in.
Description:
One sample from a green velvet saleman's sample kit displaying thirty five shoe horns, button hooks and combination shoe devices of different styles. A rusted metal button hook with an oval loop handle embossed "P.J. Schmidt/ 83 Michigan Ave."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
