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This and 27 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Steel Buttons, England and France, 18th and 19th Centuries Button Card.

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1931

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Button

This is a Button. We acquired it in 1931. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.

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Button; 1931-59-276-b

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