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Buttonhook

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Large buttonhook made from two pieces. Steel hook shaft attached to handle of molded metal in dark colorway. Handle is round and wider at top end, covered in rococo-revival scrollwork. Spots of tarnish on steel hook shaft, areas of old polish accumulated in details on scrollwork of handle.

2024.41.043

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Accessory

Historic Costume

Buttonhook

Female

Steel

Metal

1860 - 1910

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