A collection of 100,000 buttons collected by a couple of British couples was exhibited recently. Buttons as part of the dress code condensed a section of history, culture, and art, and some were even used as secret military weapons.

Recently, 100,000 kinds of antique buttons were exhibited at the Manchester Museum of Art in the United Kingdom. This 100,000 button comes from a collection of British couples. The two people's interests complement each other and they have just created a number of interesting collections. His wife, Gillian Meredith, likes decorative buttons, and her husband, Alan Meredith, collects buttons from various uniforms, from school uniforms, police uniforms to sailing suits, waiter clothes, and more.

Allen likes these uniform buttons not unreasonable. For example, in the Victorian era, one or two gatekeepers stood at the door of a company with a small scale, and their company's name was printed on their uniform buttons. So tiny buttons almost condensed a history of business. Similarly, famous families, important buildings, and grand events all have their own buttons. Even for a small crop competition, the organizers use special custom buttons.

In addition, hunting-specific buttons also recorded a history of unique British sentiment. The private hounds of the early 20th century had their own buttons. Allen had two such buttons, dating back to 1900. In addition, he also holds a set of buttons engraved with the words "Old Homes Hunt". The hunting ground has more than 200 years of history, and Allen himself has also worked there.

If Alan's button is a horizontal display of the social aspects of the British corner, then his wife Gillian's collection of decorative buttons, showing a history of vertical buttons.

The buttons were first passed from the nomadic Mongolian people to the West, and later spread throughout Europe with the crusade in the 13th century. It soon became a symbol of status in Europe. Fitted and buttoned clothes are designed by professional designers. This trend developed to the extreme in the 16th century by French King Francis I. At the most exaggerated time, he actually ordered people to put 14,000 buttons on his clothes to show luxury.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, men's clothing became more complicated. Silk, embroideries, silk, lace, velvet, and other gorgeous materials have been applied to them, and the buttons naturally match them. Thus, every small button has to be carefully crafted by a jewellery designer, and the artist performs a second beautification on the surface. Such buttons are comparable to works of art. They are not widely circulated and are expensive. So far we can only see them in a collection like Gillian except for a few exhibition halls and antique shops. These are fantastic buttons.


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