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1940

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2015

2025

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Button

This is a Button. It is dated 1850–1900 and we acquired it in 1940. Its medium is wood. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Tad Dorgan. It is credited Gift of Mrs. Tad Dorgan.

  • Flyer Necklace, 2010
  • cut and drilled elm wood, cord.
  • Promised gift to the Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian....
  • 7067.109.2016

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Button; wood; Gift of Mrs. Tad Dorgan; 1940-26-1-1

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