Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Buttonhook

Entry/Object ID

2024.41.052

Description

Medium to small-sized buttonhook. Hardwood handle in dark colorway, turned with ball on top of a taper, terminating in graduated fluting to steel hook shaft. Brass spin sets steel hook shaft into wood handle. Steel hook shaft has sustained a bit of discoloration from tarnish.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Category

Accessory
Historic Costume

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Buttonhook

Clothing Sex

Unisex

Textile Details

Material

Wood, Steel, Brass

Made/Created

Date made

1860 - 1910