Button stud
These studs are made in gilt with star pattern in black. Cuff studs and cuff links became an essential part of a gentleman’s wardrobe in the mid to late nineteenth century. Cuffs did not have buttons sewn on as many do today but were loose and had to be fastened with something.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 151/1967/9
- Category
- Decorative Art
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Material
- gilt metalpique
- Common Name
- button stud
- Simple Name
- stud
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Year Low
- 1860
- Production Year High
- 1890
