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Sewing, Craft & Related Communities
Suggest your favorite places from WRBA to link to.
This is being shared via the Idaho State Button Society.
https://wrba.us/buttons/basket-of-flowers/
This pretty flower basket is a button made with vulcanized fiber, a dense cellulose material made from sheets of paper chemically treated ….It is not papier-mâché.
#ButtonHistory #WearableHistory #MaterialCulture #MulticulturalHistory #EuropeanHistory #WorldHistory #HistoryThroughObjects #CulturalHeritage #VulcanizedFiber #AntiqueButtons #ButtonCollectors #Cellulose #IndustrialMaterials #DecorativeArts
This pretty flower basket is a button made with vulcanized fiber, a dense cellulose material made from sheets of paper chemically treated ….It is not papier-mâché.
#ButtonHistory #WearableHistory #MaterialCulture #MulticulturalHistory #EuropeanHistory #WorldHistory #HistoryThroughObjects #CulturalHeritage #VulcanizedFiber #AntiqueButtons #ButtonCollectors #Cellulose #IndustrialMaterials #DecorativeArts
Basket of Flowers
This button is featured in the September 2026 issue of the Button Aerogramme .
https://wrba.us/buttons/topographical-engineers/
This is the button (ca. 1840-60) featured in this month's WRBA Button Aerogramme story.
This is the button (ca. 1840-60) featured in this month's WRBA Button Aerogramme story.
Topographical Engineers
The button is one-piece, 7/8 inch, gilt yellow metal, with a raised SCOVILLS ★ WATERBURY ★ backmark within a recessed circular channel, dating it to the Scovills & Co. period, 1840–1850.
Question button - anyone know about this owl button?
Who is he?
This is a question button. Kings Ladder asks “Help me solve the mystery behind this celluloid owl button? Who made it? When was it made? Do you know of others in the same style? This one is without…
National button convention is a lot of fun!
From Baghdad in 1944, this striking two-piece silver clasp combines beauty with clever engineering. Its chased designs are accented with niello, while a tiny sword attached by a chain passes through the overlapping pieces to fasten them together.
Take a closer look—and follow the two links on the page for further learning: the April 2026 WRBA Button Aerogramme and an in-depth study of niello clasps.
https://wrba.us/buttons/baghdad-1944-2/
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#Niello #Silverwork #Baghdad #IraqiHistory #AntiqueClasps #ButtonHistory #WearableHistory #MaterialCulture #MulticulturalHistory #EuropeanHistory #WorldHistory #HistoryThroughObjects #CulturalHeritage
Take a closer look—and follow the two links on the page for further learning: the April 2026 WRBA Button Aerogramme and an in-depth study of niello clasps.
https://wrba.us/buttons/baghdad-1944-2/
Interested in complimentary access to the WRBA Button Aerogramme? Complete our brief access-request form. After review, WRBA will email your website access information.
#Niello #Silverwork #Baghdad #IraqiHistory #AntiqueClasps #ButtonHistory #WearableHistory #MaterialCulture #MulticulturalHistory #EuropeanHistory #WorldHistory #HistoryThroughObjects #CulturalHeritage
Baghdad 1944
Niello silver 2-piece clasp/buckle. The sword on chain passes through the center when the two pieces meet and overlap, thereby clasping the pieces together. Chased designs and inscriptions of 1944,…