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By Judy Stopke
Published 12/16/2009
Garter buttons were all the rage in the Flapper Era of the 1920s. Click this link to learn more about these interesting buttons.
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Button Terms Part 1
By Mary Weinberg
Published 10/10/2009
Button Terms Part 2
By Mary Weinberg
Published 11/29/2009
"Click these links to see Mary Weinberg’s list of button terms, A to Z.
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By Suzanne Marsh
Published 09/21/2009
"Click this link to see pewter buttons that were made in America as early as the 18th century and others.”
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A History of Bohemian glass buttons
By Jane Johnson
Published 07/31/2009
"Click this link to see the amazing range of glass buttons produced in North Bohemia throughout the 20th century."
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By Jill Gorski
Published 07/16/2009
Do you know the history of the dancing frogs rubber button? To learn more about rubber buttons, click this link.
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By Pat Thomas Fields
Published 06/15/2009
Do you know the history of the fan? To see this subject pictured on beautiful buttons, and to learn the language of the fan, click this link
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By Ann Abarno
Published 05/13/2009
Do you know the difference between a cornucopia and a tussie-mussie? Click this link to learn about buttons depicting talking flowers in their artful containers.
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Sensational snap-together buttons
By Joan Lindsay
Published 04/20/2009
What is a snap-together button? Click this link to find out about these snappy, snazzy, colorful, and just plain fun buttons.
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Collecting Eiffel Tower buttons
By Jane Quimby
Published 03/16/2009
How does a collector search out unusual button subjects? Click this link to find out about one collector's process.
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By Kathleen Vocelle
Published 2/19/2009
What kinds of pictures are found on metal picture buttons of the
Victorian and Edwardian eras? Click this link to find out.
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Not your grandmother's pearl buttons
By Matthew Brown
Published 2/19/2009
What kinds of shell buttons are being made for the commercial
market these days? You might be surprised. Click this link to find out.
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By Kathleen J. Vocelle
Published 1/15/2009
How were Victorian black glass buttons made? How can you tell a Victorian black glass button from a modern black glass button? Click this link to find out.
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By Dorothy Krugner
Published 1/15/2009
How did buttons play a role in the National Recovery Act?
Click this link to find out.
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By Nancy Bank Allen
Published 1/15/2009
What are the differences between old and modern Satsuma buttons? What causes the crackling in Satsuma glaze? Click this link to find out.
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By Gary Brockman
Published 1/15/2009
How was Art Deco different from every other style in art history? How did button makers apply the style? Click this link to find out.
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By Lucille Weingarten
Published 1/15/2009
Why was Bakelite such a successful plastic? When and why did it disappear from commercial use? Click this link to find out.
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By Jocelyn Howells
Published 1/15/2009
Which plastic dominated the design world in the years immediately following World War II …and why? Click this link to find out.
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Check here each month for a new article or worksheet written by an NBS member--illustrated, of course!--about favorite button topics. Follow each link to the website, where each article is published.
China buttons from Briare, France
where the the Bapterosses Factory & Museum are located.
Go to the BysonButtons website to download and print this china buttons study sheet.
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Go to the Buckeye State Button Society website to download and print this study sheet.
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A Fresh Look at the Borders on Buttons
Click this link to see this article that was published in the May 1999 NBS Bulletin.
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Go to the Buckeye State Button Society website to download and print this study sheet.
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Pattern classes and subclasses
based on the May 2009 National Button Bulletin article.
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