fabrics textiles

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click on the first image on the left of the gallery below, then select the arrow at the bottom left of the enlarged image. Or you can manually go to the next slide by hovering your cursor on the middle right side then clicking the arrow that appears. Hover your cursor on the middle left side then click the arrow that appears to go backwards. Close the slide show or manual show by clicking the X button on the lower right of the image. (The image of each button is followed by an image of that button's back or reverse side.)

Acknowledgments, References and information for this category are at the bottom of this page.

Button Country

An Educational Resource for Button Collectors - originally created by Paul Rice

Section 5 : Fabrics/Textiles

* To download and print a pdf of the fabric & textiles worksheet click this link: page 1.

Some descriptions of these buttons may be cut off. Full descriptions can be seen in the slide show mode.

5-1 Worked - Tatting on woven base (1-1/8")

5-1 Worked - Knitted (3/4")

5-1 Worked - Lace - BM (7/8")

5-1 Worked - Lace (3/4")

5-1 Worked - Dorset High-top (1/2")

5-1 Worked - Needle Worked (1-5/8")

5-1 Worked - Needle Worked Braid (1-1/2")

5-1 Worked - Needle Worked (3/4")

5-1 Worked - Needle Worked (1-1/2")

5-1 Worked - Ribbon (No Core) (5/84")

5-1 Worked - Needle Worked over Wound (1-1/8")

5-1 Worked - Crochet over Woven (1")

5-1 Worked (5/8") Crochet (?) over Wound Silk Floss

5-2 Wound - Deaths Head Design (1-3/8")

5-2 Wound - Deaths Head Design (1-1/8")

5-2 Wound - Silk Twist (11/16")

5-2 Wound - Square Shape/OME (2")

5-2 Wound - Oval Shape (1-1/4")

5-2.1 Wound/worked - Needle Worked
Wound Base (1-1/8")

5-2.1 Wound/worked - Dorset ring (3/4")

5-2.1 Wound & worked - Gimp (1-1/4")

5-2.1 Wound/Worked (1-3/4") Braid Center (Circa 1965)

5-2.1 Wound/Worked - Silk Thread (1-1/8")

5-2.1 Wound/Worked (1-1/8")

5-2.1 Wound/Worked (1-1/4") Silk Thread and Cord

5-3 Woven Cover - Thread (1-1/4")

5-3 Woven Cover - Printed studio button - Helen Darner studio (1-1/2")

5-3 Woven Cover - Printed/Contour BM (1-5/8")

5-3 Woven Cover - Printed
Garter button "Stop, go no further!" (7/8")

5-3 Woven Cover - Petit Point
(9/16")

5-3 Woven Cover - Painted - Paris BM (1")

5-3 Woven Cover - Florentine Silk
Paris BM (7/8")

5-3 Woven Cover - Cross Stitch
Studio (1-1/8")

5-3 Woven Cover - Textilograph - Div. III Switzerland (7/8")

5-3 Woven Cover - Textilograph Stevengraph (1")

5-3 Woven Cover - Textilograph (1")

5-3 Woven Cover - Painted (11/16")

5-3 Woven Cover - "Tie" - Studio (1-1/2")

5-3 Woven Cover - Basket Weave
Velvet Frame (1")

5-3 Woven Cover - Basket Weave (7/8") Assembled with Metal Rim

5-3 Woven Cover - Basket Weave (1")

5-3 Woven Cover - Damask (1-1/4")

5-3 Woven Cover - Worked/Wound (1-1/4")

5-3 Woven Cover (1-1/4")
Horsehair

5-3 Woven Cover (1-5/8")
Ribbon Appliqué - Studio

5-3 Woven Cover (1-5/8") Ribbon Worked - Bead OME

5-3 Woven Cover (1-5/8") Tatting & Ribbon Worked

5-3 Woven Cover - "Tie" (1-7/8")

5-3 Woven Cover - Pattern Design (1")

5-3.1 Embroidered Woven Cover (1-1/8")

5-3.1 Embroidered Woven Cover (1-1/4")

5-3.1 Embroidered Woven Cover - "Cash" (3/4")

5-3.1 Embroidered Woven Cover (1-1/4")

5-3.1 Embroidered Woven Cover - Bead Rim (1-5/8")

5-3.1 Embroidered Woven Cover (3/4")

5-3.1 Embroidered Woven Cover/BM "Paris" (1")

5-3.1 Embroidered Woven Cover (1")

5-3.2 Two-Piece Molded Top (Cased) (7/16")

5-3.2.1 Woven Cover - Fancy Top (1-1/2")

5-3.2.1 Woven Cover - Fancy Top (5/8")

5-3.2.1 Woven Cover - Fancy Top (11/16")

5-3.2.1 Woven Cover - Fancy Top (1")

5-4 Back Types - Plastic Back (7/8")

5-4 Back Types - Padback - Paris BM (5/8")

5-4 Back Types - Thread Back (7/8")

5-4 Back Types - Metal Loop Shank (3/4")

5-4 Back Types - Two Hole Sew Through (5/8")

5-4 Back Type - Staple Shank (1")

5-4 Back Type - Cased (1-1/8")

5-4 Back Types - Gathered (1-1/4")

5-4 Back Types - Leather (1") BM "L.P. 92"

5-5 Mounted in Metal - Wound/OME (1")

5-5 Mounted on Metal (1-3/4")

5-5 Mounted in Metal - German BM (1")

5-5 Mounted in Metal - Worked Hair OME (1")

5-5 Mounted in Metal - "Veil" Button (1")

5-5.1 Background - Cut Out Design
Velvet (13/16")

5-5.1 Background - Fabric (1-1/8")

5-5.1 Background - Velvet (1-1/2")

5-6 OME - Gutta Percha (1-3/4")

5-6 OME - Painted Metal (7/8")

5-6 OME - Celluloid - Fabric Frame (1-1/2")

5-6 OME - Glass/Brass (1-1/2")

5-6 OME - Pastes/Brass (1-3/4")

5-6 OME - Pastes/Metal on Velvet (1-1/2")

5-6 OME - White Glass (7/8")

5-6 OME - White Metal (1-1/2")

5-6 OME - Brass (3/4")

5-6 OME Design Under Glass/Fabric Frame (7/8")

5-6 OME Wood - Beads - BM (1-1/4")

5-6.1 OME - Black Glass Beads Rim (1")

5-6.1 OME - Black Glass (7/8")

5-6.1 OME - Black Glass/Velvet (7/8")
(Spider Retainer)

5-7 Frame - Paste (3/4")

5-7 Frame - Black Glass
Cord OME - Thread back (1")

5-7.1 Beads - Steel (3/4")

5-7.1 Sequins (1")

5-7.1 Beads - Dyed Bone (7/16")

5-7.1 Beads - Drop - Ball (3/4")

5-7.1 Beads - Black Glass (3/4")

5-7.1 Beads - Colored Glass (1-1/4")

5-7.1 Beads - Clear Glass - Spoke Design (1-1/8")

5-7.2 MT - Woven - Paris BM (3/4")

5-7.2 Metallic Thread (MT) - Worked (15/16")

5-7.2 MT - Passementerie - Pearl Fascia (3/4")

5-7.2 MT- Passementerie - Gilded Horn Fascia
Dyed Bone Beads (1-1/4")

5-7.2 MT - Passementerie (1-1/8")
Metallic Fascia/Coils/Sequins

5-7.2 MT - Passementerie (3/4") Metallic Fascia/Pearl OME

5-7.2 MT- Passementerie (1-3/8") Metallic Fascia/Glass/BasTaillle OME

5-7.2 MT - Passementerie (1-1/8" )
Metallic Fascia/Paste OME

5-7.2 MT - Passementerie - Foil Fascia (1-1/8")

5-8 Unlisted - Drop - Crochet (1-1/4")

5-8 Unlisted - Shape - Contour (1-3/4")

5-8 Unlisted - Shape - 3 Face Contour (1")

5-8 Unlisted - Shape - Modified Spindle (1-1/4")

5-8 Unlisted - Shape - Square/OME (1-1/8")

5-8 Unlisted - Shape - Realistic (1-1/8")

5-8 Unlisted - Felted Fabric (1")

5-8 Unlisted - Backmarks
BM - "Defiance" (1-1/4")

5-8 Unlisted - Backmarks - Paris BM - "Superfin" (7/8")

5-8 Unlisted - Backmarks - Paris BM - "Comet" (7/8")

Acknowledgments: Special thanks to Elizabeth Hughes, Barbara Barrans, Louella Yeargain, Pat Koehler, Shelley Strick, Joan Lindsay and Pat Fields for collaborating in the update of this section including their contribution of button images shown as examples.

A special thanks to Joan Lindsay & Joy Journeay for their expert editing skills!

References:

(1) National Button Society Blue Book, Official NBS Classification and Competition Guidelines

(2) Hughes, Elizabeth and Marion Lester. The Big Book of Buttons. St. Johann Press - 2010

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