ButtonBooks
Bibliography compiled by Lu Peters
Beaman, SarahThe Button Maker; Collins and Brown, 2007
Borgeois, StephanieA Passion for Buttons: More Than 50 Inspiring Projects for Chic Earrings, Necklaces and Rings; A & C Black, 2007
Davis, SusanBeautiful Button Jewelry; Sterling/Chapelle, 2006
Delhaye, NathalieBeads, Buttons, and Bijoux: 58 Original Designs for Making Rings, Necklaces, and Bracelets; Potter Craft, 2006
Epstein, DianaThe Button Book, Running Press, 1996
The Collector’s Guide to Buttons; 1990
Buttons: Collectors’ Blue Books; Walker, 1968
Collectors’ Guide to Buttons; Walker, 1990
Epstein & SafroButtons; Walker, 1991
Buttons; Walker, 2001
Ertell, Viviane BeckThe Colorful World of Buttons; Pyne Press, 1973
Fink &DitzlerButtons: The Collector's Guide to Selecting, Restoring, and Enjoying New and Vintage Buttons; Courage Books, 1994
Ginsberg, MadeleineButtons: Art and History; Apollo, Volume CV #184, 1977
HughesLesterThe Big Book of Buttons; Boyertown Publishing, 1981
Lucas, GavinBadge / Button / Pin (a history since the year 2000); Laurence King, special edition, 2007
Luscomb, SallyThe Collector’s Encyclopedia of Buttons; Crown, 1967
Meng, KaariFrench-Inspired Jewelry: Creating with Vintage Beads, Buttons & Baubles; Lark, 2007
Michael, KarineSimply Button Jewelry; Search Press, 2006
Nehring, Nancy50 Heirloom Buttons to Make, Taunton
Osborne, Peggy AnnButton, Button: Identification and Price Guide: Identification and Price Guide; Schiffer, 2000
About Buttons: A Collector’s Guide 150 AD to the Present; Schiffer, 1993
Parnes, TairButton Jewelry and Accessories: 25 Unique Projects; Creative Publishing International, 2006
Schneebeli-Morrell, D.Bead and Button, Ribbon & Felt Jewelry: 35 Sewing-Box Treasures to Make & Give; Cico, 2007
Stori, MaryEmbellishing with Felted Wool: 16 Projects with Appliqué, Beads and Buttonsand Embroidery; C & T, 2007
Whittemore, JoyceThe Book of Buttons, Dorling & Kindersley
Wisniewski, DebraAntique and Collectible Buttons: Identification and Values; Collector Books, 1997
Antique and Collectible Buttons: Identification and Values, Volume II; Collector Books, 2002
Withers, SaraButton Jewelry: Over 25 Original Designs for Necklaces, Earrings, Bracelets & More; 2006
Buttoncollections and societies
- Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design, Collection of Sarah and Eleanor Hewitt
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hannah Sicher Kohn Collection
- Strong Museum of Rochester, New York, Margaret Strong (Kodak)
Button resources
crownmountainfarms.comRama Raku Buttons
Pagel: raku buttons
baublesbuttonsandbeads.com
glass buttons
polymer clay buttons and clothing ornaments
National Button Society
2733 Juno Place
Akron, Ohio44333-4137.
Button stores
Tender Buttons
946 Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611312.337.7033a treat for button lovers!
143 East 62nd Street, New York, NY10021212.758.7004
Great Buttons
2323.658.5473
41 West 40th Street, New York, NY212.869.6811
Button Store the-A Div of Hushco Button
8344 W 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA90048323.658.5473
(Neighborhood: Mid-City West)