Not currently on display at the V&A

Button

1939-1945 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Circular and flat button of silver and enamel. The design is of a foliage decoration in bright green enamel surrounded by black enamel, and the whole is set in a silver disc. A shank for sewing purposes is soldered onto the reverse. Reference number 836MT Col. 192.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver and enamel
Brief description
Circular and flat button of silver and enamel, designed by François Victor Hugo for Schiaparelli, France, 1939-1945
Physical description
Circular and flat button of silver and enamel. The design is of a foliage decoration in bright green enamel surrounded by black enamel, and the whole is set in a silver disc. A shank for sewing purposes is soldered onto the reverse. Reference number 836MT Col. 192.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 2.2cm
  • Diameter: 1.06in
Credit line
Given by Dr L. V. Beck
Collection
Accession number
T.143-1965

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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