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A '''buttonhook''' is a [[tool]] used to facilitate the closing of [[button]]ed [[shoe]]s, [[glove]]s or other clothing. It consists of a hook fixed to a handle which may be simple or decorative as part of a dresser set or [[Chatelaine (chain)|chatelaine]]. Sometimes they were given away as promotions with product [[advertising]] on the handle. To use, the hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening.<ref name="fashion accessories">{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Eleanor |title=Fashion Accessories |location=UK |publisher=Shire Publications |date=1980 |isbn=0-85263-530-3}}</ref>{{rp|7}} |
A '''buttonhook''' is a [[tool]] used to facilitate the closing of [[button]]ed [[shoe]]s, [[glove]]s or other clothing. It consists of a hook fixed to a handle which may be simple or decorative as part of a dresser set or [[Chatelaine (chain)|chatelaine]]. Sometimes they were given away as promotions with product [[advertising]] on the handle. To use, the hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening.<ref name="fashion accessories">{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Eleanor |title=Fashion Accessories |location=UK |publisher=Shire Publications |date=1980 |isbn=0-85263-530-3}}</ref>{{rp|7}} |
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Buttonhooks have other uses as well. At [[Ellis Island]], screeners known as "buttonhook men" used buttonhooks to turn immigrants' eyelids inside out to look for signs of [[trachoma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island|title = Ellis Island}}</ref> |
Buttonhooks have other uses as well. At [[Ellis Island]], screeners known as "buttonhook men" used buttonhooks to turn immigrants' eyelids inside out to look for signs of [[trachoma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island|title = Ellis Island| date=13 February 2023 }}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=February 2023}} |
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==Buttonhooks on display at Bedford Museum & Art Gallery== |
==Buttonhooks on display at Bedford Museum & Art Gallery== |
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File:HornWoodButtonhooks.JPG| |
File:HornWoodButtonhooks.JPG|{{center|With handles of horn and wood}} |
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File:SilverHandledButtonhooks.JPG| |
File:SilverHandledButtonhooks.JPG|{{center|With handles of silver}} |
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File:TrenchArtButtonhooks.JPG| |
File:TrenchArtButtonhooks.JPG|{{center|[[Trench art]] buttonhooks}} |
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File:PocketKnifeButtonHooks.JPG| |
File:PocketKnifeButtonHooks.JPG|{{center|Pocket knives with buttonhooks}}<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office |date=1910 |publisher=United States. Patent Office}}</ref> |
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A buttonhook is a tool used to facilitate the closing of buttoned shoes, gloves or other clothing. It consists of a hook fixed to a handle which may be simple or decorative as part of a dresser set or chatelaine. Sometimes they were given away as promotions with product advertising on the handle. To use, the hook end is inserted through the buttonhole to capture the button by the shank and draw it through the opening.[1]: 7
Buttonhooks have other uses as well. At Ellis Island, screeners known as "buttonhook men" used buttonhooks to turn immigrants' eyelids inside out to look for signs of trachoma.[2][better source needed]
Buttonhooks on display at Bedford Museum & Art Gallery
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With handles of horn and wood -
With handles of silver -
Trench art buttonhooks -
![Pocket knives with buttonhooks [3]](/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/PocketKnifeButtonHooks.JPG/120px-PocketKnifeButtonHooks.JPG)
Pocket knives with buttonhooks[3]
![Pocket knives with buttonhooks [3]](/enwiki/wiki/File:PocketKnifeButtonHooks.JPG)
References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Eleanor (1980). Fashion Accessories. UK: Shire Publications. ISBN 0-85263-530-3.
- ^ "Ellis Island". 13 February 2023.
- ^ Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office. United States. Patent Office. 1910.
External links
[edit]- Silverdale Buttonhooks
- 2013 Exhibition of Buttonhooks, Buxton Museum & Art Gallery, Buxton, Derbyshire, U.K.
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