Good link history of buttons

[tanacat]

http://www.landsend.com/cd/fp/help/0,,1_36877_36882_37075_,00.html

[coinnut]

Interesting, very interesting :thinkingabout:.... lol It is a good write up. Who would have thought of that place for a button history lesson? thumbsup01

[sjv]

No wonder why we find so many plain buttons. U.S being cheap. Although I do have a few very ornate ones. A Star of David shiny brass and a Stand of Grapes which is my favorite. It's a fairly common button. The research was easy at the time, now I can't find another one on-line.
Thanks Tanacat for that info. , was good reading.

[tanacat]

Who would have thought of that place for a button history lesson? thumbsup01


Yeah,really! I found it looking up the double gilt button I found yesterday (1790-early 1800's!) I love this article, so informative and funny too:

King Francis I of France, for instance, had a formal costume adorned with 13,600 buttons, and resembled a Las Vegas casino when the bright light hit him lol



No wonder why we find so many plain buttons. U.S being cheap. Although I do have a few very ornate ones. A Star of David shiny brass and a Stand of Grapes which is my favorite. It's a fairly common button. The research was easy at the time, now I can't find another one on-line.
Thanks Tanacat for that info. , was good reading.


Oooh I like your buttons! I have about 20 so far, nothing as extravagent as those. Makes you wonder who wore them... So how far back do these two go?

[del]

nice article Tana , it has some very good info and its always cool to learn some histiry too. thanks