Jun 14, 2012 · On women’s clothes particularly, buttons traced the body’s lines in suggestive ways, making clothes tight in all the right places or offering up intriguing points of entry.

Dec 9, 2024 · A complete Post Medieval cast lead alloy and tin button, 1600-1650 AD. The functional button has been cast with a solid head and an integral loop. The button is circular in …

button, usually disklike piece of solid material having holes or a shank through which it is sewed to one side of an article of clothing and used to fasten or close the garment by passing through a …

Oct 1, 2023 · You can identify an old flat button by looking at its physical appearance. Flat buttons are often molded, which will have parting lines (molding) and a gate clip where the metal is …

Lead content and surface coating limits must be met for certain accessible components of textile products, clothing, and clothing accessories. Buttons, snaps, grommets and zippers must …

Oct 12, 2012 · The large anchor button is a Navy, but post Civil War, overcoat button. I can't tell about the other eagle buttons. And the flaming bomb is likely foreign, maybe French. Authentic …

Aug 5, 2022 · They’d pour hot lead or pewter into the mold and set it on hot coals to form a button shape. If they had enough leisure time, they could paint it or cover it with cloth. And this is …

First, most people do not have access to casting equipment but they do have access to thread, cloth and wooden beads. Second, by constructing the buttons for a particular piece of clothing …

Jamestown Rediscovery’s collection contains approximately 850 cataloged buttons. These small, personal items are one of the most common dress accessories and clothing fasteners …

Aug 18, 2013 · The most cost effective way to add miles of buttons to your clothing is making them from fabric. You can make lots of these little round balls from only a small amount of …