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Abbey Card

Button Card
1890-1899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Card of buttons with twelve dozen white washing buttons. Pale blue card printed in green and stitched with buttons close covered in white cotton over a foundation. There are seven sets in different sizes with buttons, although some buttons are missing. Printed on the card at the head of each set which are arranged in printed squares are the sizes of the buttons. '16 LINES' with 27; '18 LINES' with 27; '20 LINES' with 24; '22 LINES' with 24; '24 LINES' with 18; '26 LINES' with 14 and '30 LINES' WITH 10. Printed on the top of the card is a picture of a ruined medieval abbey and 'The Abbey Card CONTAINING 12 DOZEN BUTTONS MADE IN ENGLAND'.

Object details

Categories
Sewing, Weaving and Needlework
Needlework Accessories
Object type
Button card
TitleAbbey Card (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Printed card and stitched with buttons close covered in white cotton
Card
Cotton (Textile)
Printed
Sewing
Brief description
Card of 'Abbey Card' buttons with washing buttons, made in England, 1890-1899
Physical description
Card of buttons with twelve dozen white washing buttons. Pale blue card printed in green and stitched with buttons close covered in white cotton over a foundation. There are seven sets in different sizes with buttons, although some buttons are missing. Printed on the card at the head of each set which are arranged in printed squares are the sizes of the buttons. '16 LINES' with 27; '18 LINES' with 27; '20 LINES' with 24; '22 LINES' with 24; '24 LINES' with 18; '26 LINES' with 14 and '30 LINES' WITH 10. Printed on the top of the card is a picture of a ruined medieval abbey and 'The Abbey Card CONTAINING 12 DOZEN BUTTONS MADE IN ENGLAND'.
Marks and inscriptions
  • '16 LINES' (Printed at the head of a set which are arranged in printed squares)
  • '18 LINES' (Printed at the head of a set which are arranged in printed squares)
  • '20 LINES' (Printed at the head of a set which are arranged in printed squares)
  • '22 LINES' (Printed at the head of a set which are arranged in printed squares)
  • '24 LINES' (Printed at the head of a set which are arranged in printed squares)
  • '26 LINES' (Printed at the head of a set which are arranged in printed squares)
  • '30 LINES' (Printed at the head of a set which are arranged in printed squares)
  • 'The Abbey Land CONTAINING 12 DOZEN BUTTONS MADE IN ENGLAND' [with a picture of a ruined medieval abbey] (Printed on the top of the card)
  • 'Harrods' and [in red type] '03168 1/6' (Printed on a small cream label on the back)
  • '£1' (In black flow-master ink on a white label, stuck on the back. Probably the price label.)
Credit line
Given by Mrs J Leared
Object history
Registered File number 1985/1334. Purchased by the donor at a jumble sale.
Production
Possible that this card is much later in date, possibly ca. 1920
Subjects depicted
Abbey Churches
Ruins
Bibliographic references
  • Peacock, P. Buttons for the Collector. Newton Abbot : David & Charles, 1972
  • Adburgham, Alison. Victorian Shopping. Harrods 1895 Catalogue
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.202-1985

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O266216/abbey-card-button-card-unknown/
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