The finest collections throughout the country were photographed to assemble this remarkable record of American political history since George Washington's era. The book prices and pictures in black & white 4,000 presidential campaign items such as portrait badges, ribbons, textiles, tokens, posters, china, canes, mechanical novelties, flags, ferrotype and cardboard badges, celluloid badges, and many other unusual campaign collectibles. Complete election statistics are included and each item has a code number. This is the first and only comprehensive reference work on presidential campaign artifacts of the 19th century.
This book is full of ideas and projects for using buttons decoratively on a wide range of adults' and children's clothing. Illustrated throughout, the book attempts to capture the variety of interesting and beautiful buttons as well as including a history of buttons and button-making, the relationship between buttons and fashion and a list of stockists.
Presenting more than 1,000 examples of the fine art of button-making--from the private collection of the proprietors of Tender Buttons in New York City--this beautifully illustrated compendium offers a history of button design as well as carefully researched scholarly information for the serious collector. 208 full-color illustrations.
Peasant silver buttons are the kind that are worn with traditional costume. This book is the first to identify and date all the main kinds in one compact volume. It illustrates in meticulous detail around 600 different peasant and souvenir buttons, from Europe, Asia and America. It shows the reader how to distinguish between old and modern buttons, with detailed pictures of backs and shanks as well as the different patterns and methods of construction. It also includes an invaluable list of the main silver marks found on peasant buttons, with line drawings and close-up photos. This book is primarily for button collectors, but will appeal to anyone interested in old silver jewellery.
Decorate your world with buttons!Have dozens of spare buttons you've no idea what to do with? Or a treasured few handed down from Grandma that you'd love to preserve and show off somehow?Empty your button box and beautifully customize shirts, purses, quilts, pillows, jewelry, bookmarks, picture frames, and more! Give a set of ordinary shirt buttons a new, decorative purpose, or find the perfect way to enjoy a single antique button without harming (or hiding) it. Discover the engaging stories behind collectible buttons, and learn how to properly clean, care for and attach various types so they will look their best, and last.Turn all your buttons - intricate or plain, vintage or brand-new, washable or delicate - into pretty yet practical projects for wear or show, to keep or share!
Full of information on collectibles like button, cameras, candleholders, canes, carnival glass, carousel animals, cars, cartooons, cash registers, cats, chalkware, and Chess sets.
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