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Button

1980s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cloth of 19 casein and nylon buttons. Turned and hand milled plain and marbled casein and nylon in a range of browns. One button is an imitation of knotted leather, another of mother-of-pearl. Mounted on a brown woollen pad packed with brown suede.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Wool pad packed with suede and mounted with turned and hand milled casein and nylon
Brief description
Cloth of 19 casein and nylon buttons, John Templeton (Buttons) Ltd., Great Britain, 1980s
Physical description
Cloth of 19 casein and nylon buttons. Turned and hand milled plain and marbled casein and nylon in a range of browns. One button is an imitation of knotted leather, another of mother-of-pearl. Mounted on a brown woollen pad packed with brown suede.
Dimensions
  • Length: 53.5cm
  • Width: 33.5cm
Credit line
Given by Mr and Mrs John Innell
Object history
Part of The Selwyn Slater Collection T.104 to 144-1984.
Collection
Accession number
T.137-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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