5 QTY // Flat Back Buttons / Cabochons Made from Authentic 1950s Vintage Dictionary Illustrations

Description

→ DESCRIPTION: Gorgeous flatback buttons to use as cabs (cabochons) in your jewelry, mixed media and various other projects! These cabs are made using paper from a lovely dictionary published in 1956. The papers used are NOT reproductions! These cabs all feature lovely, carefully-chosen illustrations (text-only cabs coming soon!), diagrams and other delightful, lovely little illustrated gems from this full-sized collegiate dictionary.

The photos featured are examples of the types of images you might receive and all came from the same book. Please note that there are lots of you and only 20 or so cabs pictured which are examples of what you will be receiving - the mix is handpicked and I put a lot of thought into each one - they're more of a surprise than just a random grab-bag.

Please, no requests for specific images! Requests to exclude certain items will be honored when possible. Meaning: if, for example, you hate spiders and/or insects (or snakes, or lizards, or puppies) let me know because there are lots of insects and a fair amount of amphibians in the book and while the illustrations are exquisite, you are not required to like them and I don't want you to be terrified when you receive your order! Also, I love asymmetry so I do occasionally frame an image off-center. This is rare with these cabs because they tend to look best centered so they're as centered as I can get them by eyeballing it. To be on the safe side though, let me know if you hate asymmetry. They are centered in the cutter by eye (there aren't any guides on the cutter for centering) so I can't promise machine-like perfection but I've gotten pretty good at it in the years I've been making buttons. Finally, be aware that some words you may find offensive have multiple meanings so please let me know if you have an aversion to certain language (or just don't want to incorporate it into your artwork) and I'll be glad to leave out gems like, say, the "shuttlecock" visible in the third photo.
→ SIZE: 1 inch (2.5cm) diameter
→ QUANTITY: 10
→ MORE AVAILABLE? Yes! Convo for custom listing.
→ ADDITIONAL INFO: Please keep in mind that the illustrations in dictionaries are few and far between, and being that they come from a full-size dictionary, many are too big to work with, limiting the available images even further, hence the difference in price between buttons featuring text and buttons featuring illustrations.
This listing is for the buttons only, though the round brass settings (as well as the early 1900's era French text flatback buttons pictured in the settings) are available in my shop. These would also make great rings, hair pins or stud earrings (blanks / bases for each of these are available in my shop!). These buttons are all unique and also limited in supply - once I'm out of illustrations, I'm out of buttons! The buttons pictured are examples only - you will not necessarily receive the ones pictured but they will all be similar in style and will all come from the same book. Age spots, smudges and handwritten notations from long ago are bound to pop up from time to time but are rare.

These are mainly sold as flatback buttons (the kind you can glue to settings and pretty much anything really) but I can also make them as pinbacks (the kind you wear) per your request.

PLEASE note that they will only be made as pinbacks if you let me know that is your preference in the "note to seller" field on Etsy's checkout page! **FLATBACK** BUTTONS WILL BE SENT IF NO PREFERENCE IS STATED. This is important because I will not send you free replacements if you forget to tell me which kind you want - most orders are for flatbacks and if you don't tell me you want pinbacks, I don't have any way of knowing that that is what you want. Please tell me your preference. Please please pleeease! Thank you!
→ COLOR: The paper is aged to a nice, pale buttery patina which I captured to the best of my ability in the photos. Please be aware that different computer monitors can show colors differently so slight variations between what you see on the screen and what you receive can occur. There can also be slight variations in the coloring on different pages and different areas of a book this old so please keep this in mind as well.

Please feel free to convo with any questions!



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Added on Nov 06, 2009

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