Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-04-02
New Spring Buttons = =
y = Are Works Of Art.

Buttons for wear during the coming
sprine are of beautiful materials and are
works Of art. intended more for decora-
tive than for useful purposes.
Buttons vary as much in size, style ana
materials as he gowns which they trlm'
but there is very general fancy for
embroidered buttons to match the trim
ming upon a gown.
Embroidered buttons are long and oval
or round. and come in many sizes of these
two shapes The shape is selected more
for the purpose Of allowing suita bic space
for the decorative figure than anything
else. A small wreath with a tiny flow
cred or plain center naturally looks best
upon q round button, while a spray Of
minute flowers is best shown upon ar
oblong button. Some of the larger
oblOng buttons have a wreath border and
spray center, and some of the round but
tons a large flower in the middle and lit
tie buds and leaves surrounding it,
The flowers upon buttons are usually
worked in pompadour effects; that is,
several delicate colors are blended in the
pattern, with one color standing out more
strongly than the others. Sometimes the
entire button is covered with embroidery
in several shades IF one color.
Gold is often Introduced in the embroid-
effect Of bringing the other colors into
relief.
A woman could cover wooden button
forms with scraps of her gown. and
quickly embroider few tiny flowers or
dots in several colors upon the top The
shapes are full and curved, not fiat. Only
buttons of heavy dress materials are flat.
or some of the beaten metal buttons.
Besides embroidered buttons in silk,
satin linen and ,,fpup Grass
French knot and Swedish stitched but
tons, there are all sorts of buttons made
of real and imitation jewels, Of beaten
gold, silver and gun metal figures of
wrought brass and steel, and combina-
tions of brass and steel
Many of the new buttons look Like
gold, silver or gun metal marbles. or even
colored stone marbles, decorated upon the
outside with fancy frame of rhinestones
or colored glass stones, or with steel
spikes or brass spikes. The spikes are
small, and resemble the big spiked balls
seen on old armor.
In Halter shapes come wrought metal
buttons of every sort of popular metal in
decorative figures with and without col.
ored stones Green, red and yellow stones
appear to be fayorites in button decora-
ton, except that rhinestOnes are more
popular than any.
For dress occasions. buttons Of real or
imitation pearls and rhinestones combined
are fashionable. The rhinestone and the
pearl are now popular in all the buttons
upon which they can be used and steel
combined with rhinestone trimming, is
seen a great deal
Some of the daintiest forms of bat
tons are the hand-painted porcelain hut
tons of various sizes, framed in metal or
jewels. These are either round or oval.
with only slight curve to the ton. are
richly painted by good artists. and max
be either decorated with floral or land
scape designs. or reflect the features of
the wearer's prettiest ancestors in NINA
ture form.
Painted porcelain buttons are particu-
larry appropriate 20 the Powered and
folnced old-fashioned frOcks that are
coming into vogue, while the more ex-
rensive buttons of carved ivory seem bet
Ter suited TO wear with costly materials.
Carved ivory buttons are the fad, and
represent workmanship both fine and
beautiful japanese crystal balls. set in
one of the Precious metals. are also
fashionable, and oriental netsukis are
among the rare and odd buttons with
which society women decorate their gar
Washington Star.