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Creator
Unknown
Date Created
Early 1900s
Subject
Costume accessories; Worn costume accessories; Belts
Description
Early 20th century. Two-part Art Nouveau cast copper alloy buckle with silver plate and a green glass faceted element.
The buckle joins in the center, hidden beneath a branch of flowers. Its overall shape is like a butterfly, with two-lobed wings on either side, overlaid with tulips and finished with a faceted green glass element.
Extent
Length: 10.2 cm / 4 in.
Width: 5.7 cm / 2.25 in.
Museum Number
421
Publisher
University of New Hampshire Library
Medium
Silver plated copper alloy, glass
Contributor
Astrida Schaeffer, photographer/curator
Date Digitized
2-25-2019
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Keywords
Women's belts (costume accessories), Early 20th century, Art Nouveau, Cast copper alloy, Buckle, Silver plate, Green glass, Faceting, Flowers, Butterfly, Tulips
Comments
The Irma G. Bowen Historic Clothing Collection digital catalog was produced by the UNH Library Digital Collection Initiative, supported in part by a grant from the Mooseplate program and New Hampshire State Council on the Arts. Additional funding provided by the E. Ruth Buxton Stephenson Memorial Fund.
Photography copyright, Astrida Schaeffer.