[Jewelry making - Article 00172] - Re: [Orchid] Blank copper buttons?

[Dinah Taylor]

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    The little metal toothy clips you speak of come on many of the
    institutional type uniforms, or used to. People who worked where
    their clothes were laundered in big lots; nurses, waitresses;
    housekeepers; had uniforms with removeable buttons (servers at Clubs
    that had monogrammed buttons on uniforms-for instance).  The laundry
    removed the buttons because the clothing was mass washed and dried,
    and many times production pressed by mangle irons (boy have I dated
    myself :O). The clothing had small round holes in either side of the
    opening, the button with loop on back was inserted on the outside of
    the placket and the little toothy pin was inserted to hold it. 

    I'll bet that if you find an old local laundry, they'll have loads
    left around maybe, or a costume house that has period uniforms for
    stage plays etc. 

HTH, 
Dinah

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