Button

late 18th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Button depicting scene of three conversing figures in a landscape with palm trees. A woman dressed in a striped shirt and turban, a man facing the woman with back to viewer in striped pants and white shirt, and a second man wearing native West Indies dress in skirt and headband.

Details

Title: Button
Date Created: late 18th century
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Gouache paint on tin verre fixé, ivory (backing), glass, gilt metal
Credit line: Gift of R. Keith Kane from the Estate of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Bone Glass Gouache Ivory Metal Tin Watercolor painting

Interested in Visual arts?

Get updates with your personalized Culture Weekly

No, thanks

You are all set!

Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.