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2. Button - Wikipedia

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   Flat buttons may be attached by sewing machine rather than by hand and may be used with heavy fabrics by working a thread shank to extend the height of the button above the fabric. An assorti of shank buttons. Shank buttons have a hollow protrusion on the back through which thread is sewn to attach the button. [31]

3. List of raw materials used in button-making - Wikipedia

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   Please see external links for images of buttons (front & back) made from the material(s) in question. ("NBS name" refers to labelling used by the National Button Society, USA.) ("NBS name" refers to labelling used by the National Button Society, USA.)

4. Placket - Wikipedia

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   Illustration of a placket, or opening, made in the upper part of a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on A shirt placket with buttons and topstitching on top A placket (also spelled placquet ) is a finished [ 1 ] opening in the upper part of trousers or skirts , or at the neck, front, or sleeve of a garment.

5. Needlecase - Wikipedia

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   19th-century needlecase of bone, lead, wood, glass pearls, amber, leather, bronze, and iron. Nivkh or Evenki people, Amur River basin, Russia. A needlecase or needle case is a small, often decorative, holder for sewing needles. Early needlecases were usually small tubular containers of bone, wood, or bronze with tight-fitting stoppers, often ...

6. Shank (sewing) - Wikipedia

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   Shank buttons have a hollow protrusion on the back through which thread is sewn to attach the button. Button shanks may be a separate piece added to the back of a button, or be carved or moulded directly onto the back of the button, in which case the button is referred to by collectors as having a 'self-shank'; [1] self-shanks are a common construction for older shell and glass buttons.

7. Snap fastener - Wikipedia

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   The two halves of a riveted leather snap fastener. The top half has a groove which "snaps" in place when "pressed" into the bottom half. A snap fastener, also called snap button, press button, [1] press stud, [1] press fastener, dome fastener, popper, snap and tich (or tich button), is a pair of interlocking discs, made out of a metal or plastic, commonly used in place of traditional buttons ...