Button
late 18th century
Classification
costume & accessories
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of R. Keith Kane from the Estate of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes
Accession Number
1949-94-4
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Button** *Agostino Brunias (Italian, ca. 1730–1796), late 18th century Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of R. Keith Kane from the Estate of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes* Agostino Brunias, an Italian-born artist renowned for his lively paintings of multicultural Caribbean society during the late 18th century, brings an unexpected artifact to light with this "Button." Classified under costume and accessories in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, it exemplifies the small yet telling details of everyday fashion from the colonial era. Brunias, who worked extensively in the Britis...