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Handwoven Vintage Silk Chapan / Robe #1
Located in Dallas, TX
by means of buttons, zippers, Velcro, toggles, a belt, or a combination of these. Worn over clothes
Category

19th Century Indian Antique Buttons

Materials

Silk

Handwoven Vintage Silk Chapan / Robe #2
Located in Dallas, TX
by means of buttons, zippers, Velcro, toggles, a belt, or a combination of these. Worn over clothes
Category

19th Century Indian Antique Buttons

Materials

Silk

French Louis XVI Style Mahogany Bookcase Bibliotheque
Located in Pembroke, MA
inset with contrasting "plum pudding" mahogany. The doors have indented corners with brass buttons, the
Category

19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Buttons

Materials

Brass

Mariano Fortuny Black Stencilled Velvet Persian Style Coat
By Fortuny
Located in New York, NY
Venetian glass buttons and silk loop closures at the center front. The hand stenciling is done with real
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Buttons

19th Century Venetian Baroque Armchair, Carved Wood, Hand decorated
Located in Vigonza, Padua
, armrests and seat are padded and covered with antique pink velvet fabric, fixed with visible buttons for a
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Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Antique Buttons

Materials

Velvet, Wood

FULLY RESTORED PAIR OF ANTIQUE HOWARD SON BRIDGEWATER BROWN LEATHER ARMCHAIRs
By Howard and Sons, Howard Sons Ltd, Howard Chairs Ltd.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
, waxed down and polished. The way the chairs have been upholstered as in the floating buttons down the
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Buttons

Materials

Leather

Pair of Art Deco Ship s Wheel Bookends by Walter Von Nessen for Chase Co.
By Chase and Co., Walter Von Nessen
Located in San Diego, CA
produced consumer and industrial products including buttons, novelties, copper pipe and plumbing supplies
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Buttons

Materials

Brass

Huge Restored Antique Victorian Howard Son s Brown Leather Chesterfield Sofa
By Howard and Sons, Howard Sons Ltd, Howard Chairs Ltd.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
oversized floating buttons, they have a fabric stitch pattern to them although they are solid. The inside
Category

19th Century English Victorian Antique Buttons

Materials

Leather

Mariano Fortuny Pink Stencilled Velvet Persian Style Coat
By Fortuny
Located in New York, NY
Venetian glass buttons and silk loop closures at the center front. The hand stenciling is done with real
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Buttons

Blush Edwardian *Larger Size* Padded Canton Silk Embroidered Robe - O/S, 1900s
Located in Tucson, AZ
closures with brass buttons from throat to waist; fully lined in matching whisper weight crêpe de Chine
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Buttons

OOAK EDWARDIAN Victorian 1900s 1910s Tan Wool Art Nouveau Embroidered Coat Sz L
Located in Thiensville, WI
sleeves with pintuck detail. 5 buttons on cuff. Center front three-button closure. Princess seams at back
Category

Early 20th Century Antique Buttons

Mariano Fortuny Black Stencilled Velvet Persian Style Coat
By Fortuny
Located in Riverdale, NY
Venetian glass buttons and silk loop closures at the center front. The hand stenciling is
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Buttons

Mariano Fortuny Pink Stencilled Velvet Persian Style Coat
By Fortuny
Located in Riverdale, NY
Venetian glass buttons and silk loop closures at the center front. The hand stenciling is
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Buttons

Antique Japanese Textile Art Campaign Jacket Jinbaori with Mon
Located in Atlanta, GA
classic vest form with front lapel that can flap open or close fastened by MOP buttons, a tie on the front
Category

19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Buttons

Materials

Textile, Silk

Victorian Howard Sons Ticking Fabric Upholstered Double Wingback Sofa Armchair
By Howard and Sons, Howard Sons Ltd, Howard Chairs Ltd.
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Chesterfield tufted buttons. The cushions are my favourite which is light fibre filled, this offers the soft
Category

19th Century English High Victorian Antique Buttons

Materials

Upholstery, Hardwood

Vintage Cast Iron Doorstop "Lady With Flowers", American, circa 1915
Located in Incline Village, NV
hand painted with a yellow and tan bonnet, yellow and green flowers, a black vest with yellow buttons
Category

1910s American Folk Art Antique Buttons

Materials

Iron

Thonet Black Swivel Austrian Art Nouveau Chair, 1890
By Thonet
Located in Roma, Lazio
around its metal buttons. The backrest is formed by two large curves that act as the main support and
Category

1890s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Buttons

Materials

Wood

Edward I. Farmer Sterling Silver Matchbox Holder with Jadeite Plaque
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
stones into works of art by making them into boxes, inkwells, push buttons and other desk accessories
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Buttons

Materials

Jade, Sterling Silver

Yellow Cowboy Slicker
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Yellow oil cloth cowboy slicker with slit back outside pockets and brass buttons. Corduroy collar
Category

1870s American Antique Buttons

Materials

Fabric

18th century antique portrait Edmund Hoyle Circle of James Latham, Edmund Hoyle
Located in York, GB
18th century Bust portrait of a gentleman in a blue coat with gold buttons (Said to be Edmund Hoyle
Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Antique Buttons

Materials

Oil

18th Century British Regency Bureau Chiffonier in Manner of Gillows
By Gillows of Lancaster London
Located in Dallas, TX
section opens using concealed buttons into a secretaire writing slope with satinwood drawers and original
Category

Late 18th Century English Regency Antique Buttons

Materials

Rosewood

PIERROT PORTANT SON DEJEUNER and PIERROT TROUBLE DANS SON REPAST
By Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
Located in Portland, ME
comedia dell'arte Pierrot in a white chemise with large tufted buttons hanging loosely over white trousers
Category

1870s Realist Antique Buttons

Materials

Etching

Edward I. Farmer Inkwell in Sterling Silver, Fluorite and Amethyst
Located in Brisbane City, QLD
, inkwells, push buttons and other desk accessories. Farmer mostly worked with sterling silver, however there
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Buttons

Materials

Amethyst, Fluorite, Sterling Silver

Antique Regency Chamberlains Worcester Plate Centerpiece National Gallery London
Located in Dublin, Ireland
in design. Buttons and porcelain door furniture took up a large part of the business, but financially
Category

19th Century English Regency Antique Buttons

Materials

Ormolu

18th C. Portrait of William Harvey, MD: 17th C. Circulatory System Discoveries
By Jacobus Houbraken
Located in Alamo, CA
broad white collar and many buttons. Below the oval is a drawing of the human arterial system in the
Category

1730s Antique Buttons

Materials

Engraving

Rare 19th Century English Writing Desk
By Holland Sons
Located in London, GB
by concealed spring operated buttons: the writing surface edged with a gilt bronze guard cast with
Category

1860s English Louis XV Antique Buttons

Materials

Ormolu

Northwest Coast Wooden Doll with Thunderbird, Eagle Mask
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
decorated with small pearl buttons. (As per traditional Button-blanket). Bear face figure with in-cut red
Category

1920s American Native American Antique Buttons

Materials

Cedar

Regency circa 1815 Fluted Barrel Back Leather Wing Armchair and Matching Stool
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
floating buttons, they were originally designed by Chippendale in the 18th century The stool came
Category

1810s English Regency Antique Buttons

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

19th Century Tufted Suede Armchair
Located in Buchanan, NY
posture. The chair is further accented with lovely purple buttons, elevating its overall look to the
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19th Century French Antique Buttons

Materials

Suede

19th Century Native American Hidatsa Arikara Medicine Shirt
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
, feather fluffs, ermine drops and lots of fringe. Buttons moved over from a "found" piece. This warrior
Category

19th Century American Native American Antique Buttons

Materials

Hide

Winter Farmyard, 18th Century Oil on Canvas, Figures in Snow Landscape
By George Morland
Located in Prato, IT
young artist swaggered, dressed in a green coat, with large yellow buttons, leather breeches, and top
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Late 18th Century English Antique Buttons

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Circa 1920 Art Deco Fully Restored Chesterfield Brown Leather Sofa Part Suite
By Chesterfield
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
is naturally Chesterfield tufted, it has Thomas Chippendale floating buttons on the inside of the
Category

1920s English Art Deco Antique Buttons

Materials

Leather

19th Century French musical automaton clock
Located in London, GB
. The figures within the scene are moved by the mechanism using the pull cord and two buttons to the
Category

19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Buttons

Materials

Enamel, Ormolu

Early 20th Century Desk Chairs Tuscan Renaissance by Dini Puccini - Cascina
Located in Vigonza, Padua
. Backrest and seat are almost always stuffed with leather or leather with large buttons at sight. The
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Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Buttons

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Museum Quality Antique William Birch Adolf Loos Knieschwimmer Lounge Armchair
By William Birch
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
to be original velour, the chair itself dates to the 1880’s and it comes with three spare buttons
Category

1880s English Victorian Antique Buttons

Materials

Hardwood

Art Deco Ladies Traveling Necessaire Ensemble, American, circa 1925
Located in Incline Village, NV
(similar in size to above) 5 1/4" wide) (2) "what not" boxes with lids (for buttons, etc.) 2 1/4" wide
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Buttons

Materials

Resin, Bakelite

Fully Restored Whisky Brown Leather Lutyen s Viceroy Sofa, circa 1900
By Thomas Chippendale, Lutyen’s Viceroy
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
, it means they have a small arrangement of buttons as was used in the 18th century on Wingback
Category

Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Buttons

Materials

Leather

BARNETT c.1910 s Rose Pink Black Silk Velvet Sleeveless Peplum Evening Dress
Located in Thiensville, WI
and center front of peplum, three center front silver-toned metal buttons with lattice front and multi
Category

1920s Unknown Antique Buttons

Restored William IV Reclining Library Reading Brown Leather Armchair Footstool
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
behold, the reclining action is operated by two buttons one under each arm, you simply squeeze the arms
Category

1830s British William IV Antique Buttons

Materials

Leather, Hardwood

Pre-Columbian Colima Shaman terracotta figure vessel Mexican sculpture
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
villages, engaging all levels of the society. It is suggested that the rattles were peyote buttons which
Category

15th Century and Earlier Antique Buttons

Materials

Terracotta

Without Results - China Ink Drawing on Paper by G. Grosz - 1925
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
August the Happy Inventor" which has buttons sewn on it (see it here), and also includes erotica, such as
Category

1920s Expressionist Antique Buttons

Materials

Ink

Italian 19th Century Carrara Marble Sculpture of a Boy by Raffaele Belliazzi
By Raffaele Belliazzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, buttons, the hem on his pants, the wear on the soles of his boots and the features on his face makes this
Category

19th Century Italian Expressionist Antique Buttons

Materials

Marble, Carrara Marble

Gilded Bronze Blue John Candleabra in the Manner of Matthew Boulton
By Matthew Boulton
Located in Hudson, NY
and Soho produced silver, silver plate, buttons, shoe buckles, toys scientific instruments, gilded
Category

19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Buttons

Materials

Rock Crystal, Ormolu

Very Rare 1898-1914 British Patriotic Propaganda Doll of Lord Horatio Kitchener
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
-plated paper fasteners for buttons, real leather Sam Browne belt and holster, red felt collar tabs and a
Category

1890s English Victorian Antique Buttons

Materials

Fabric

A Renaissance Revival , Copper Brass Mounted with Malachite Top, Jewelry Box
Located in Sheffield, MA
thus: '...to such perfection has the process been brought that not only are silver waistcoat-buttons
Category

19th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Buttons

Portrait of a Boy with a Squirrel
Located in New York, NY
buttons and bright white pants—are indicators of his family’s status. The artist has added interest and
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Buttons

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A pair of Belle Époque mother of pearl and diamond cufflinks
Located in London, GB
threads-like at the centre of the buttons also made with diamonds. These diamonds are meticulously set in
Category

Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Buttons

Materials

Gold

A Polychrome Enamel Scarab Dress-set By Phillips
By Robert Phillips
Located in London, GB
buttons, two red, one green and one blue colour enamel, all mounted in yellow gold in original fitted case
Category

Late 19th Century English Egyptian Revival Antique Buttons

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel

The Resurrection of Christ
Located in New York, NY
best remembered for establishing the Waldes Museum in Prague to house his collection of buttons
Category

15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Antique Buttons

Materials

Tempera, Panel

19th Century Onyx Diamonds 18 Karat Yellow Gold Vest Buttons Brooch Set
Located in Poitiers, FR
Set in 18 karats yellow gold, eagle's head hallmark. Composed of a pair of vest buttons and a
Category

Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Buttons

Materials

Diamond, Onyx, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold

Krementz 14 Karat Gold and Mother of Pearl Cufflinks and Button Dress Set
By Krementz Co
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A great, vintage Krementz dress set. Comprised of a pair of cufflinks and 3 buttons in 14k gold
Category

Early 20th Century American Edwardian Antique Buttons

Materials

Gold

1865 Lincoln Mourning Sash, 140 Buttons
Located in Acworth, GA
Abraham Lincoln remembrance funeral buttons hand sewn onto Mourning Sash, 1865. A unique
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1860s American American Classical Antique Buttons

Materials

Brass

Victorian Amethyst and 14k Gold Cuff Buttons
Located in San Francisco, CA
These very rare Victorian amethyst and 14k gold cuff buttons are from the collection of famous
Category

Mid-19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Buttons

Materials

Amethyst, Natural Pearl, 14k Gold

1930s Black Dress Coat w/ Bakelite Buttons
Located in Bozeman, MT
reverse-carved apple juice bakelite buttons with brass beaded medallion centers. Shoulder-to-shoulder seam
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Buttons

Five AGL Certified Burma No Heat Ruby Buttons 22 Karat Gold
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Decorative jewels set. 'Buttons'. Rare. Collectors item. There are five. Each one carries two
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Antique Buttons

Materials

Ruby, 22k Gold

Set of Five (5) Celluloid Coat Buttons 3-D Pierrot Face French
Located in Palm Springs, CA
These 5 glossy polished celluloid buttons are of the French phantasmogotic creature PIERROT
Category

1920s French Antique Buttons

Set Of 6 Victorian Silver Buttons In A Fitted Leather Case London 1896
Located in London, GB
Set Of 6 Victorian Silver Buttons In A Fitted Leather Case London 1896 by Julius Loewe Rosenthal
Category

1890s English Victorian Antique Buttons

Materials

Sterling Silver

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Antique Buttons For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique buttons available for sale. The range of distinct antique buttons — often made from metal, wood and fabric — can elevate any home. Antique buttons have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Antique buttons made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — are very popular at 1stDibs. Antique buttons have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Chesterfield, Matthew Boulton and Chase and Co. are consistently popular.

How Much are Antique Buttons?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $2,257, while they’re typically $43 on the low end and $1,250,000 highest priced.