Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Buttonhook

Entry/Object ID

2024.41.073

Description

Brass buttonhook with flat rectangular handle. Onto one side is etched a mountain scene, and the other features a rising dragon. Partially obscuring the bottom half of the dragon is a scultupted brass overlay in the shape of a man with cane, holding up a vessel, with large full moon behind his head and back (Orientalism). Minimal tarnish from age.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Category

Accessory
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Buttonhook

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Brass

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1910

Lexicon

Search Terms

Buttonhook, Orientalism, Brass, Dragon