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Green vintage buttons. Button collecting is the collecting of various types of clothing buttons.. Button collecting varies widely. In its most informal manifestation, a button collection may simply be the household button container, where buttons are stored for future use on clothing or for crafts.
The Punjab Printing and Stationery Press is an attached organization. It provides printing and binding services to government organizations and has two presses: [ 3 ] Government Printing Press, Lahore was established in 1878.
The Punjab Council of the Arts is an autonomous body established under the Punjab Council of the Arts Act of 1975. It advises the Government on all matters of policy relating to art and culture activity through its Divisional Arts Councils which include the Multan Arts Council, Bahawalpur Arts Council, D.G. Khan Arts Council, Faisalabad Arts Council, Rawalpindi Arts Council, Gujranwala Arts ...
Pilcher's Bachelor Button and box circa 1917. A bachelor button is a button that can be attached without sewing.It uses a stud pressed through fabric and into a top button. [1] [2] They were sold in notion stores in the late 1800s and early 1900s as an emergency repair button.
Button shanks may be made from a separate piece of the same or a different substance as the button itself, and added to the back of the button, or be carved or moulded directly onto the back of the button, in which latter case the button is referred to by collectors as having a 'self-shank'.
'Blandford Cartwheel' button. A Dorset button is a style of craft-made button originating in the English county of Dorset.Their manufacture was at a peak between 1622 and 1850, after which they were overtaken by machine-made buttons from factories in the developing industries of Birmingham and other growing cities.
Phoenix buttons were designed to be used on Haitian military uniforms during the 1811-1820 reign of Henry Christophe (King Henry I of Haiti, 1811-1820). These buttons carry the image of a phoenix bird , included regimental numbers and were, “made of a good grade brass”.
"Style No. 14" puzzle box. A Singer puzzle box is a collection of accessories for a sewing machine. Produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company during the 19th and 20th centuries, these neat and compact kits provide supplies and attachments for easing many common sewing tasks.