Button, Murcia, 1865-1870
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1865-1870
They were rarely sewn directly on to the clothing. In some places people fastened them to their costume with a strip of leather, which ran through the button loops inside the garment. More commonly they used T-shaped toggles permanently attached to the button.
Women's buttons tend to be larger and more decorative than those worn by men. These heavy buttons were worn by women, in sets of three or more on each sleeve, at the cuffs of their jacket. The long link was needed to stretch across the fullness of the blouse worn underneath. Silver filigree hollow spherical toggle button, with oval link and cast bar. Decorated on the front with a circle of granules surrounding a ring of twisted wire round a larger central granule.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Length: 3.7 cm; Width: 2.7 cm; Diameter: 1.5 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Silver filigree
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Murcia
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O147774
- Museum object number
- 735D-1870
- Object history (museum record)
- Worn by women.
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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