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Button rope
American
19th century
Medium/Technique
Buttons; string
Dimensions
Length: 203.2 mm (8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martha Hatch Bancroft
Accession Number2011.1772
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CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCollection of buttons strung on a string, grouped according to colors and size, mostly consisting of brass and black buttons. Appears unfinished with additional string wound up on one end in anticipation of additional buttons. Some buttons have fallen off and were found loose in box.
ProvenanceBy inheritance within the family to Martha Bancroft, West Newton, MA; 2011, gift of Bancroft to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)