Pearl Buttons on Card

Object/Artifact

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Broomfield History Collections

Name/Title

Pearl Buttons on Card

Entry/Object ID

x.521

Description

Card with 12 size 14 buttons sewn on. There is a woman wearing a red hat with a flower in the upper left corner. Text across the bottom says "the talk of the town." There is a three inch ruler on the back of the card and text says "HANDY RULE FOR MENDING." According to the Muscatine History and Industry Center, which houses the Pearl Button Museum, these buttons date betweem 1900 and 1930.

Made/Created

Date made

1900 - 1930

Notes

Date: 1915 circa

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Button

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Fastener, Textile

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Notion

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Needleworking Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Textileworking T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Parts

Count

1