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[[Image:Button hook from Ziefle & Nissle, Fine Shoes, Ann Arbor, Michigan..jpg|thumb|Early 20th-century buttonhook advertising a shoe shop in Michigan]] |
[[Image:Button hook from Ziefle & Nissle, Fine Shoes, Ann Arbor, Michigan..jpg|thumb|Early 20th-century buttonhook advertising a shoe shop in Michigan]] |
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[[File:Damkänga från 1899 med kängknäppare - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0034994.jpg|thumb|A buttonhook in use on a |
[[File:Damkänga från 1899 med kängknäppare - Nordiska Museet - NMA.0034994.jpg|thumb|A buttonhook in use on a {{circa|1900}} boot]] |
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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>Johnson |
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>https://www.history.com/topics/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>https://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island</ref> |
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==Buttonhooks on display in [[Bedford Museum & Art Gallery|Bedford Museum]]== |
==Buttonhooks on display in [[Bedford Museum & Art Gallery|Bedford Museum]]== |
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Revision as of 11:10, 1 August 2021
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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]
Buttonhooks on display in Bedford Museum
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With handles of horn and wood -
With handles of silver -
Trench art buttonhooks -
Pocket knives with buttonhooks
References
- ^ Johnson, Eleanor (1980). Fashion Accessories. UK: Shire Publications. ISBN 0-85263-530-3.
- ^ https://www.history.com/topics/ellis-island
External links
- Silverdale Buttonhooks
- 2013 Exhibition of Buttonhooks, Buxton Museum & Art Gallery, Buxton, Derbyshire, U.K.
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