Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object name
Button
Date
1970-1980
Medium
Metal, plastic
Dimensions
diameter: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description
Circular pin-back button: "Let's Organize/W.O.M.A.N."; the "O" in the word Organize is represented by the sign for female: an "O" with a cross below; white, blue and red.
Credit Line
Gift of Beatrice J. Siegel
Object Number
2002.70.34
Marks
printed: on side of button: "N.G. SLATER CORP., N.Y.C. 11"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
