Author: Essex Institute
Publisher:
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Category : Buttons
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The Emilio Collection of Military Buttons
Author: Essex Institute
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buttons
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buttons
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Enamel Buttons
Author: Karen L. Cohen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811776530
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Though enamel buttons have been around for centuries and are favorites of button collectors, there has not been a book completely dedicated to their study . . . until now! Author Karen L. Cohen brings her unique perspective as an enamelist, Studio Button Artist, and educator to Enamel Buttons: An Essential Resource for Collectors. Meticulous research combined with her insights about the properties of enamel and the techniques used in buttons make this a must-have book for every collector. Hundreds of photos provide examples of the various techniques and button types and are a valuable resource for study. Cohen explains why things look like they do, such as why Motiwala Bros. “Liquid Enamel” buttons look like they flow, while also helping the collector distinguish between closely related techniques, such as Champlevé and Cloisonné or Monochrome and Grisaille. Her extensive research on the evolution of enameling techniques provides the history chapter with fascinating facts intertwined with how they relate to enamel buttons. Cohen has documented many of the enamelist makers along with their back marks, making it easier for collectors to identify button finds. The appendices include related information such as how to identify enamel look-alikes such as CPE (cold plastic enamel) and restoration techniques. If you already collect enamel buttons, this is an essential resource for understanding your collection in more depth. If you are curious about the topic, this book tells it all: history, material, techniques and embellishments, makers, and more. If you are a collector of other types of enamelware or are fascinated with enameling or are someone who resells enamels such as antique dealers, this book is an excellent resource about the various aspects of enamel in general. Lastly, it’s a button book you will enjoy paging through again and again, admiring the hundreds of glorious enamel buttons!
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811776530
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Though enamel buttons have been around for centuries and are favorites of button collectors, there has not been a book completely dedicated to their study . . . until now! Author Karen L. Cohen brings her unique perspective as an enamelist, Studio Button Artist, and educator to Enamel Buttons: An Essential Resource for Collectors. Meticulous research combined with her insights about the properties of enamel and the techniques used in buttons make this a must-have book for every collector. Hundreds of photos provide examples of the various techniques and button types and are a valuable resource for study. Cohen explains why things look like they do, such as why Motiwala Bros. “Liquid Enamel” buttons look like they flow, while also helping the collector distinguish between closely related techniques, such as Champlevé and Cloisonné or Monochrome and Grisaille. Her extensive research on the evolution of enameling techniques provides the history chapter with fascinating facts intertwined with how they relate to enamel buttons. Cohen has documented many of the enamelist makers along with their back marks, making it easier for collectors to identify button finds. The appendices include related information such as how to identify enamel look-alikes such as CPE (cold plastic enamel) and restoration techniques. If you already collect enamel buttons, this is an essential resource for understanding your collection in more depth. If you are curious about the topic, this book tells it all: history, material, techniques and embellishments, makers, and more. If you are a collector of other types of enamelware or are fascinated with enameling or are someone who resells enamels such as antique dealers, this book is an excellent resource about the various aspects of enamel in general. Lastly, it’s a button book you will enjoy paging through again and again, admiring the hundreds of glorious enamel buttons!
On the Button
Author: Nina Edwards
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857720929
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
What do you use every day that is small and large, worthless and beyond price? It's easily found in the gutter, yet you may never be able to replace it. You are always losing it but it faithfully protects you; sexy and uptight, it is knitted in to your affections or it may give you nightmares. It has led to conflict, fostered and repressed political and religious change and epitomizes the great aesthetic movements. It's Eurocentric, and is found all over the world. On the Button is an inventive and unusual exploration of the cultural history of the button, illustrated with a multiplicity of buttons in black and white and colour. It tells tales of a huge variety of the button's forms and functions, its sometimes uncompromising glamour, its stronghold in fashion and literature, its place in the visual arts, its association with crime and death, its tender call to nostalgia and the sentimental. There have been works addressed to the button collector and general cultural histories. On the Button links the two, revealing why we are so attracted to buttons, and how they punch way above their weight.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857720929
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
What do you use every day that is small and large, worthless and beyond price? It's easily found in the gutter, yet you may never be able to replace it. You are always losing it but it faithfully protects you; sexy and uptight, it is knitted in to your affections or it may give you nightmares. It has led to conflict, fostered and repressed political and religious change and epitomizes the great aesthetic movements. It's Eurocentric, and is found all over the world. On the Button is an inventive and unusual exploration of the cultural history of the button, illustrated with a multiplicity of buttons in black and white and colour. It tells tales of a huge variety of the button's forms and functions, its sometimes uncompromising glamour, its stronghold in fashion and literature, its place in the visual arts, its association with crime and death, its tender call to nostalgia and the sentimental. There have been works addressed to the button collector and general cultural histories. On the Button links the two, revealing why we are so attracted to buttons, and how they punch way above their weight.
Foreign Trade in Buttons
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buttons
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buttons
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Military Buttons of the American Revolution
Author: Don Troiani
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781577470618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781577470618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 183
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The Haversack
Author:
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Category : Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fort Ticonderoga (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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The international guide to British and foreign merchants and manufacturers. (1872.).
Author: Directories. - Commerce
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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The Button Industry
Author: United States Tariff Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buttons
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buttons
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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The British Trade Journal
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Alf's Button
Author: W. A. Darlington
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This is a comedic novel that follows the misadventures of Alf Higgins, a simple-minded soldier during World War I. The story revolves around a magical button that Alf finds, which grants him three wishes. However, Alf's innocent and naive nature leads him into hilarious and sometimes dangerous situations as he tries to use his wishes to help those around him. The novel also features a cast of memorable characters, including the bumbling Eustace and the conniving Mrs. Grant.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
This is a comedic novel that follows the misadventures of Alf Higgins, a simple-minded soldier during World War I. The story revolves around a magical button that Alf finds, which grants him three wishes. However, Alf's innocent and naive nature leads him into hilarious and sometimes dangerous situations as he tries to use his wishes to help those around him. The novel also features a cast of memorable characters, including the bumbling Eustace and the conniving Mrs. Grant.