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Button sample

HALL LUDLOW, Melbourne (fashion house), Hall LUDLOW (designer)
Button sample
 (c. 1960)

Medium
plastic, cotton, glass, metal

Measurements
17.5 × 16.7 × 3.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mary Lipshut, Member, 1995

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Accession Number
1995.881

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

Physical description
Large ornate button decorated with long strands of faux pearl beads and sequins originating from a central pillow. Three levels of opalescent plastic petals below a pillow decorated with circular bands of glass diamantes, faux pearls all around a large central glass 'diamond' set inside a metal clasp.

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