I guess this old button would have a wooden mould inside the crocheted outer. It does not have a shank as such and can just be sewn onto a garment through the crochet stitches on the back. At 3 1/2cm it is quite large.
FABRIC BUTTON
METAL BUTTONS
These three buttons are of painted tin. They all have a white background with a coloured design.
They are backmarked TCHSCOSLOVAQUIE which I can’t translate.
VEGETABLE IVORY BUTTONS
This little group of vegetable ivory buttons are quite plain and all small at 1 cm, the larger one nearly 1 1/2cm.
They clean up nicely. As mentioned before they are made from the corozzo nut from a palm tree in South America.
FABRIC BUTTONS
Here we have three modern braided buttons.
The red and navy ones are the same with a matching plastic disc in the centre. The black one has a velvet centre surrounded by a brass rim. They all have a black plastic back with the markings LPC 45 and measure just under 3 cm.
NEW BUTTONS
Here are two wooden buttons which have a floral design painted on them. They are both new having been bought in Malvern Button Shop recently.
VEGETABLE IVORY BUTTONS
Here are five vegetable ivory buttons, one being 2 cm, the others all 1cm.
The large one has a cut away geometric design. Three have a pattern pressed into them and the other one has been carved. They are really quite nice buttons but do not show up so well in the photo.
FABRIC BUTTONS
These fabric covered buttons were bought in Japan in 2016 by my friend Carole.
They are nice and bright and I guess they are Japanese fabric. It is always nice to receive buttons from friends who have been overseas.
NEW BUTTONS
Here are three more buttons which I bought recently in Melbourne.
One is of brass with black enamel, one a fawn pierced plastic and the final one is of orange plastic with black swirly lines on it. How modern they look.
ART DECO BUTTONS
Here is a small group of five Art Deco buttons in various sizes and colours of green, black and brown. I was pleased to be given them recently. Wouldn’t they enhance a garment from the 1930’s.
MOTHER OF PEARL BUTTONS
What an ornate pattern has been etched onto these buttons. They are of Mother of Pearl which has been coloured a beautiful bright blue before being etched. (maybe by laser)
They measure 2 1/2cm and are modern. My friend Jacqui gave them to me.