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Title	button
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1860
Publication Place	Syria (made) -
Subject	Jewellery Metalwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 9cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1548-1873
Record ID	1548-1873
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1860
Notes	This pendant was described as a âbutton for the cloakâ when it was bought for the Museum at the International Exhibition, London, in 1872, for three shillings and six pence. The word zir simply means button in Arabic. Although the use of silver buttons was discouraged by Islamic tradition, which forbade men from wearing precious metals as ornament, the use of silver buttons in the Syrian region was clearly widespread in the 19th century, as several examples in the V&A collections demonstrate.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Silver filigree set with a turquoise paste Silver Paste Filigree
Fiziksel açıklama	Spherical silver filigree button with a short length of doubled loop-in-loop chain attached to its shank. The button is decorated with granules and has a turquoise paste in a high cylindrical mount on its top.

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button

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1860

Publication Place Syria (made) -

Subject Jewellery Metalwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 9cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1548-1873

Record ID 1548-1873

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1860

Notes This pendant was described as a âbutton for the cloakâ when it was bought for the Museum at the International Exhibition, London, in 1872, for three shillings and six pence. The word zir simply means button in Arabic. Although the use of silver buttons was discouraged by Islamic tradition, which forbade men from wearing precious metals as ornament, the use of silver buttons in the Syrian region was clearly widespread in the 19th century, as several examples in the V&A collections demonstrate.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Silver filigree set with a turquoise paste Silver Paste Filigree

Fiziksel açıklama Spherical silver filigree button with a short length of doubled loop-in-loop chain attached to its shank. The button is decorated with granules and has a turquoise paste in a high cylindrical mount on its top.