Schiaparelli buttons

This asymmetric, tailored jacket is made of deep black wool. ts small, fitted shape closes with a Surrealist Eye button beneath a classic la...

Elsa Schiaparelli was a prominent figure in fashion and art between the two World Wars by turning the fabric into a painting canvas.

Several of these buttons and fasteners were shown in "A Slice of Schiaparelli: Surrealism in Fashion from the Brooklyn Museum." Patricia Mears named and dated them as follows:"Tinsel Candlestick" jacket fasteners, winter 1937-38"Playing Card" emblem buttons, fall-winter 1939"Ship Tacking Hinge" jacket pins, ca

An exhibition at Paris’s Les Arts Décoratifs examines the history of the button

Ensemble, Evening. Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973). Department Store: for Bonwit Teller & Co. (American, founded 1907). Date: 1937–39. Culture: French. Medium: rayon, silk, metallic thread, metal, plastic. Dimensions: Length (a): 56 1/4 in. (142.9 cm). Length (b): 19 in. (48.3 cm). Overall (c): 13 x 9 in. (33 x 22.9 cm).

Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. "Fashion and Surrealism," October 29, 1987–January 23, 1988.New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Diana Vreeland: Immoderate Style," December 9, 1993–March 20, 1994