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Button card
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Button card

anonymous · c. 1800 - c. 1825 · striking (metalworking); grinding; forging; cutting; scheppen (papierbereiding); polish; vlas; paper; sealing wax; mother of pearl; steel (alloy); glass

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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These buttons were meant for a man's coat. Their shanks are pricked through a thick piece of paper. The buttons seem never to have been used; they are tied to one another on the back with a piece of string sealed with wax. Buttons were probably sold in this manner.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineButton card. c. 1800 - c. 1825. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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