Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Buttons
Object Number:
1930.66ab
Date:
1860-1865
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
largest: 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
stamped: b) front: "EXCELSIOR"; back: "EXTRA QUALITY"
stamped: a) front: "VIRGINIA/SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS"; back: "SCOVILL MFG. CO./WATERBURY"
Description:
Domed brass coat buttons.
Gallery Label:
These buttons were collected by Dr. John Osgood Stone. According to the donor, one button came from the coat of a Confederate prisoner, the other from the Civil War battlefield of Williamsburg, Virginia.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Morgan Grinell
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
