Vintage Buttons - some favorite genres

Some may remember the sheer nylon blouses of the 1950s - they were often a neutral cream-color or pastel, although my grandmother had a stunning crimson one and black, too.  The buttons were usually little clear knobs set with rhinestones, like the little rhinestone-set ones on this new necklace.

Necklace #93.  Vintage plastic buttons with rhinestones on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.

And there is nothing so seductive as vintage Bakelite, with its happy patina and slight phenolic scent.

Necklace #94.  Vintage Bakelite buttons and buckle on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.  

See the currently available necklaces, including the ones at Albuquerque's Mariposa Gallery, at https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/105148425797657603947/albums/5669744508708774721.  Check out the archive at  https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/105148425797657603947/albums/5710594652452863473.  Click on a photo for captions.