Buttons - show your corozos, plastics, horns and Co.

[Fastuni]

A spin-off to the discussion on buttons on the vintage suiting thread. Show and discuss interesting and unusual buttons of all shapes and kind.

Here some variations of German buttons.

Bowl-shaped buttons

Riffled surface buttons

Cheers

 

[herringbonekid]

Fastuni, i'm a fan of 'riffled surface' as you call them. i see them more for evening / black jackets, although i'm sure they'd work in horn / butterscotch colours too for general suit purposes.

many early (20-30s) US cardigans feature similarly intricate surface buttons, such as these which aren't the best example, but you get the idea:

 

[Fastuni]

Yes, these examples of black buttons are taken from dark suits (navy pinstripe, black) and evening wear (the last one).
(BTW "riffled" is a misnomer - I was going by the German "geriffelt" which means ribbed/corrugated...)
Here one of these buttons in brown for sports-wear:

These cardigan buttons are rather striking - yours has a "flora and fauna" feel that reminds me of the French animal-motif buttons.

 

[Dinerman]

Mid 1930s

 

[Dinerman]

1930s

 

[Tomasso]

Mid 1930s

Nice!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

If anyone's wondering why the fetishization of corozo, I offer up this evidence. Nothing flamboyant, but the astonishing, organic, natural swirl patterns are glorious.

 

[Tomasso]

You're preaching to the choir with me, BK.