Collection Highlights
Study of Four Tree Trunks (Three Birches)
ca. 1855
1918.325
Graphite with scratching out on beige paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Botton collection on ribbon
Title
Botton collection on ribbon
Object name
Button collection
Date
1850-1860
Medium
Silk, metal, stone
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description
Strip of red velvet with a row of Jenny Lind buttons of various media and by different makers, varying slightly in size and relief.
Credit Line
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number
1945.280
Gallery Label
Johanna Maria (Jenny) Lind (1820-1887) was born in Stockholm and as a child began studying there at the Conservatory of Music. She studied in paris with Manuel Garcia around