Showing posts with label Kate Greenaway Buttons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kate Greenaway Buttons. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Kate Greenaway Buttons


Today March 17th is the birth date of Kate G.
Kate Greenaway..English artist and writer, 1846-1901. Many of Kate Greenaway's illustrations were copied by button designers.

Here are 2 of my cards of my K.G. buttons. Below those are a few K.G. typicals.
If you click on the pictures they will enlarge.
Materials of above buttons, brass, flat steel, pearl, black glass, ceramic, & 1 Ben Lang..all are antique or vintage.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Kate Greenaway BUTTONS


6 are metal, 3 are antique buttons and 3 are vintage. 1 blue with white design is a vintage studio ceramic button, 1 (girl on fence.."Miss Patty") is vintage enamel studio button and the other 7 are plastic, vintage studio Ben Lang buttons, he hand drew the design and embedded in liquid resin.