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Best wishes
George Toth, Stockport, Cheshire, England
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Further to my last email, you may find this of interest.
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George Toth, Stockport, Cheshire, England
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Hello George
Here goes:
"Whenever Dorset Buttons are mentioned, people either do not know what =
they are, or think only of the basic Crosswheel. I hope this article =
will publicise the craft and give a flavour of the variety that can be =
achieved.
Over 300 years ago an ex-soldier named Abraham Case and his wife settled =
in the hilltop town of Shaftesbury in Dorset. Whilst he was in the army =
he was stationed in Belgium and France where it is likely that he saw =
lace and buttons being made. His move to Shaftesbury was at the time of =
the Dissolution of the Abbey. Several hundred people were reduced to =
being beggars. Abraham Case helped relieve the situation by setting up =
the Dorset button cottage industry. This industry was to stay in the =
Case family for over 150 years. Many local families were employed by the =
Cases and some, such as the Singletons, had buttons named after them.
The first buttons to be made were the High Top. These were made with a =
sheephorn disc as a base. Linen was wound around the base and then =
covered with fine linen thread.
The market town of Blandford was a centre for buying materials and =
selling the buttons. Hugeunots who settled in Blandford from France made =
Dorset buttons to embellish their lace work.
Dorset buttons were used on court dress and also exported to North =
America and Europe. The buttons were graded and put onto different =
coloured cards according to their standard. Pink card denoted the top =
grade, blue medium grade and yellow grade poor grade. The yellow cards =
were sold on the home market only. At the production peak in 1807 it was =
recorded that the turnover was =A314,000 and there were 4,000 workers =
employed in button making.
Ashtons button machine, which was exhibited at the Great Exhibition in =
1851, signalled the end of button-making as a cottage industry. The last =
major sale of Dorset buttons was in 1859. Shaftesbury was particularly =
hard hit, many families becoming destitute; 350 people were transported =
to Australia, and Canada, Australia being at that time a penal colony, =
their passage was paid by local landowners. Even the Case family had to =
work for noblemen.
Extracted from Embroidery, Autumn 1994 vol 45, no 3, author Heather =
Moldrum. The article goes on to show how to make the Dorset Crosswheel =
button." The Greenwood Tree, Feb 2000.
That's it. No pictures. Interesting, isn't it? Hope you enjoy it!
regards
Viv
Rugby,
looking for LANEs in villages S of Sherborne 1729+/-, and Kinson 1890+
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<DIV>Here goes:</DIV>
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relieve the situation by setting up the Dorset button cottage industry. =
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families=20
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<DIV>The market town of Blandford was a centre for buying materials and =
selling=20
the buttons. Hugeunots who settled in Blandford from France made Dorset =
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to embellish their lace work.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dorset buttons were used on court dress and also exported to North =
America=20
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according to their standard. Pink card denoted the top grade, blue =
medium grade=20
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market only.=20
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<DIV>Ashtons button machine, which was exhibited at the Great Exhibition =
in=20
1851, signalled the end of button-making as a cottage industry. The last =
major=20
sale of Dorset buttons was in 1859. Shaftesbury was particularly hard =
hit, many=20
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and=20
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button." The Greenwood Tree, Feb 2000.</DIV>
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<DIV>That's it. No pictures. Interesting, isn't it? Hope you enjoy =
it!</DIV>
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<DIV>regards</DIV>
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<DIV>Viv</DIV>
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<DIV>Rugby,<BR>looking for LANEs in villages S of Sherborne 1729+/-, and =
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1890+</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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