Sleeve Buttons
DateMid-18th c.
Artist/Maker
James T. Butler III
(1713 - 1736)
OriginAmerica (probably)
MediumGold
DimensionsDiam. 1/2".
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1952-289,1
DescriptionButton. Octagonal; incised scroll pattern suggesting fleur-de-lis.Label TextWomen sometimes wore sleeve buttons to fasten their shift sleeves. Notice the portrait of Deborah Glen, who holds up her right arm to show her fine lace-edged shift with two buttonholes in the cuff for removable sleeve buttons, linked together.
Markings"IB" in relief within a rectangle: possibly for James Butler (1713-1736), who worked in Boston with exception of a brief sojurn in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1750.
ProvenanceEx collection John Marshall Phillips, Yale University Gallery of Art.
Vendor: Yale University Art Gallery
Exhibition(s)
ca. 1715
1755-1756
1755-1756
ca. 1765
1740-1770
1740-1745
1740-1780
1758-1780
1740-1780
1758-1780
1695-1714
1758-1780