Button consisting of a round sphere with a copper wire eye
Also known as: Knoop bestaande uit een ronde bol met koperen draadoog
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1590 - c. 1596
Button consisting of a round sphere with a copper wire eye. Textile remnants are attached to the button. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-7838-1; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), yarn, glass; technique casting; measurements height 0.9 cm x diameter 1.8 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), yarn, glass
- Technique
- casting
- Measurements
- height 0.9 cm x diameter 1.8 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 0.9 cm x diameter 1.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Knoop bestaande uit een ronde bol met koperen draadoog
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-7838-1
- Museum classification
- button
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against button and costume references.