Button history and materials

December 17, 2017 BY TRIMS CO.,LIMITED buttons Knowledge

Buttons are very common clothing accessories. Buttons have been used for more than 6,000 years. As early as 4000 BC, the Persians used buttons to make buttons. In China, according to archaeological discoveries, buttons have appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In a group of Warring States relics unearthed in Yunnan, there are round buttons made of blue, apple green, light gray turquoise, animal head buttons, and irregularly shaped buttons. Each of them has one or two small holes, some engraved patterns, unique shapes, colorful and colorful. In the collection of button collections, simple buttons made of small stones, shells, animal horns, walnuts and coconut shells are still available.

According to the data, the original button making was very simple, just use shells, screws, and wood as buttons. With the development of the handicraft industry, the cloth strips were used to make grape knots. Later, there were successive bakelite buttons, electric jade buttons, metal buttons, plexiglass buttons, plastic coated buttons, plated buttons, rhinestone buttons, etc. The shapes were varied and the colors were colorful. According to legend, Europe only had buttons after the 16th century. At that time, buttons are mainly for men's supplies, especially nobles. After the 18th century, buttons were gradually promoted to women's clothing.

After thousands of years of development, modern button materials and types are diverse, and garment manufacturers match buttons of different materials and shapes according to the fabric and style of the garment.

Synthetic material: nylon button, acryl button, ABC button, Polyester Button epoxy button etc.

Metal materials: copper buttons, zinc alloy buttons, tin alloy buttons, aluminum alloy buttons.

Natural materials: shell button, leather button, corozon button, wood button, bone button etc.

There are also other materials, such as glass buttons, pearl buttons, ceramic buttons, stone buttons, combination buttons, etc., which can be made by our company. If you have a problem with choosing a button, please feel free to contact us.