Here we have some ordinary fabric covered buttons from years gone by (possibly a lot from the 1940’s – 1960’s) Just look at the fabrics and compare them with today.
There are a couple of groups of various ones, one with Winter fabrics and one with tweed, houndstooth etc. I also show two pictures of the backs showing the variety of make ups and shanks over the period.
Ladies did a lot of dressmaking back then and could buy the kits so they would use left over fabric to have matching buttons. I have also shown a fabric covered buckle.