Buttonhooks and Shoehorns (Shire Album 122)

Brandon, Sue

ISBN 10: 0852636962 / ISBN 13: 9780852636961

Edité par Shire, UK, 1995

A propos de cet article

A clean and presentable copy, with some minor thumbing to edges, but otherwise almost as new with no major signs of wear. Some light rubbing to rear from shelving & storage. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 150 x 210 mm. 32 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; ISBN: 0852636962. ISBN/EAN: 9780852636961. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 09296.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Buttonhooks and Shoehorns (Shire Album 122)
• Éditeur: Shire, UK
• Date de parution: 1995
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0852636962
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780852636961
• Reliure: Softcover
• Édition: 1995 Reprint.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • History

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Synopsis

The everyday need for a buttonhook began in the early nineteenth century when it was used, as an accessory to masculine fashion, to fasten stiff leather button-boots. By the 1880s, lines of buttons had become fashionable on ladies' gloves, clothing and footwear, and the development of the feminine market encouraged the production of 'fashion buttonhooks' in the wide variety of sizes, shapes and materials that are described in this book, and which can still be found by collectors today. Shoehorns were frequently produced as companions to buttonhooks, but although the latter had fallen into disuse by the 1940s, shoehorns still exist in most shoe shops and some homes to facilitate the slipping on of footwear. A 'schoying horne' was first mentioned in the fifteenth century and the imagination exercised around the well-known basic shape has resulted in the variety so interesting to present day collectors.

À propos de l?auteur

Sue Brandon and her husband have been collecting buttonhooks since 1972. From the beginning they collected every type of buttonhook and this has resulted in a comprehensive collection, which now extends to other associated items such as shoehorns. Mrs Brandon is a member of the Buttonhook Society.