Collection Highlights
Drawing by Sargeant: Figure Studies after Tintoretto's "Worship of the Golden Calf"; verso: sketch of a horse-drawn carriage and a more finished study of a horse
c. 1874
1935.85.2.24
Graphite on ivory paper, formerly mounted on a page of James Carroll Beckwith Album 1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button hook
Object name
Button hook
Date
1890-1930
Medium
Metal, cloth
Dimensions
3 5/8 x 3/8 x 1/8 in.
Description
One sample from a green velvet saleman's sample kit displaying thirty five shoe horns, button hooks and combination shoe devices of different styles. A rusted gray metal loop style buttoner with a handle end embossed on one side "Sorosis Shoes/ Name On Every Pair"
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.2631y
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.