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1. dorset-ancestors.comThe Dorset Button Industry - Dorset Ancestors

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   Feb 1, 2010 · Yet at the peak of the industry in Dorset over 100 different types of buttons were being made, marketed and shipped abroad. Buttons were not made in England before the 15th century; until then all clothing had been fastened using just a tie-string.

2. henrysbuttons.co.uk › historyThe History of Dorset Buttons

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   Buttoners were no longer needed and the skill of buttony was in threat of being lost. By the middle of the 1850’s, many had moved to alternative occupations such as needlewomen and glovers. In the early 1900s, Florence, the Dowager Lady Lees, was responsible for saving the art of making Dorset Buttons.

3. www.dorsetlife.co.uk › 2014 › 08Down my way – Dorset Buttons | Dorset Life - The Dorset Magazine

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   Although, a figure that is commonly used is that there were 4000 buttoners in Shaftesbury and its neighbourhood in the late 1700s,’ says researcher Anna McDowell, who started Henry’s Buttons in 2011 to preserve the heritage craft of Dorset Buttony. The rather more ornate high top button.

4. goldhillmuseum.org.uk › buttonsFour Hundred Years of Dorset Buttons - Gold Hill Museum

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   Four Hundred Years of Dorset Buttons. Shaftesbury can lay claim to being the cradle of the Dorset Button industry. As fashions, particularly for men, changed in the 17th century, from doublet and hose to waistcoat and breeches, the demand grew for button fastenings.

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5. www.heritagecrafts.org.uk › craft › button-makingButton making - Heritage Crafts

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   Luckily, the art of the buttoner did not completely die out. The technique has been passed from generation to generation of knitters and stitchers. Nowadays it is also recognized as part of the local heritage of Dorset. The Dorset Arts and Craft Association still encourage buttony with a section in their annual exhibition for Dorset Crafts.

6. dorsetbuttons.blogspot.comDorset Buttons

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   Jun 21, 2013 · Ancient and Modern. by Anna McDowell. Using fabric created by Beaudesert Fabrics using drawings by the celebrated fashion, portrait and war photographer Cecil Beaton and the ancient technique of Dorset Buttons. Cecil Beaton lived at Ashcombe House, Wiltshire.

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   What happened to Buttoners in the 1850s?

   • Buttoners were no longer needed and the skill of buttony was in threat of being lost. By the middle of the 1850’s, many had moved to alternative occupations such as needlewomen and glovers. In the early 1900s, Florence, the Dowager Lady Lees, was responsible for saving the art of making Dorset Buttons.

   The History of Dorset Buttons

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   What buttons were used in the Dorset era?

   • The buttons from this area do not have as many names that are still known as with the Dorsets, however the Death’s Head button – a quartered thread wrapped design – is perhaps the most famous, and can be seen depicted on many portraits and survives on coats and waistcoats from the period.

   Button making - Heritage Crafts

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   Why did Dorset stop making buttons?

   • Map of Dorset showing villages connected with the Dorset Button industry. In 1698, an Act was passed to prevent making or selling buttons “made of cloth, serge, drugget, or other stuffs”. This helped to protect buttoners who worked in silk, mohair, gimp and thread buttons worked with a needle.

   The History of Dorset Buttons

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   When did Benjamin Saunders start making buttons?

   • Benjamin Saunders started making machined buttons from his workshop in London. He took out a patent for his fabric buttons, made using dies and pressure, in 1813. He moved to Bromsgrove and opened his factory making buttons, taking out a further Patent in 1825 for the manufacture of cloth covered buttons with a soft, flexible shank.

   The History of Dorset Buttons

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   Who invented the button machine?

   • In his book “Buttons: a Collectors Guide”, Victor Houart says that John Aston patented the button machine invented by Humphrey Jefferies in 1841, ten years before the Great Exhibition. A selection of Dorset Buttons, including buttons on cards worked by the Lytchett Minster Christian Mission at Lytchett Minster in Dorset.

   The History of Dorset Buttons

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   Where were the first buttons made?

   • With the wealth of local resources in the Dorset area where the Dorset Horn sheep roamed the Downs, Abraham set up his business in Shaftesbury. Buttons were made from fabric, sheep’s horn and thread. The ‘High Tops’ were said to be the first buttons.

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8. hammond-turner.com › history › the-birmingham-buttonThe Birmingham Button Trade parts 1 – 10

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   Article Index. Introduction: The Birmingham Button Trade part 1. The general history of button making: The Birmingham Button Trade part 2. The development of the button trade in Birmingham: The Birmingham Button Trade part 3. Linen and vegetable ivory buttons: The Birmingham Button Trade part 4.