Page 27 - January1948

NATIONAL BUTTON BULLETIN
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There are 80 of these beautiful okl specimens mounted on the board,
the greater of them are wood
-majority bone backed buttons but four
"nd
are of metallic embroidely with sequins. l'he black int nume.ars written
on tiny circles of paper have long since faded to grey, but the workmanship
on, th-ese lluttons, speaks of the days when F.ance .anked at the top in the
art of button making.
we have selected a me.e ha'dful of these buttons to share with you.

PASSEMENTERIE BUTTONS
Buttons such as these delicately made specimens are termed passemen-
terie and we wonld have you turn to the N. B. S. euarterly Bullctin, for July,
1946, pp. 204-207, to refresh your rtemory regaidlng the tedious and care-
ful workmanship Decessaly to complete suc-h buttons.

P,TSSF)MF)NTENIN BfTTTOIiS OF' I,IID IATI{ CENTtiRY
Th€ Plate on p. 204, shows the ar.tisans at work and the tools rirhich are
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use-d.. The Plate on p. 206, shows the fi,ished buttons. .t oe"crrptio' of the
technique is included. +
The backs of these buttons a.e crisscrossed with lo'g stitches of heavv
'r'.
cord. which present a. s_glt of darned appearance. Each button ,n"ra
tovered by weaving rnetallic thread into a desisn.
,. j *. the- new. menrbers who cro not own this numbcr,, \\,e \\.ould suggesr
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that )'ou send for it at onre, roi mairr:-iiirrii"'l',r,p,,"t,,nt technirrues are discussed
nt lensth and all ale excellenily iiiil!tr:;iied.
. . ..\\'e sugS:Pst that 5 ou-re-read also, A fir tailt.rl Slll(l! of the cold Embfoidel,cd
r'urrons in the cooner ['nion tuserirrr, xeri: t'orh,"N.Ii.s."'eiil"i"#J' nrr*tir.
-\1rril. 1946, p. 95.