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Buttons

Buttons( )
Author: Epstein, Diana
Safro, Millicent
ISBN:978-0-8109-9059-3
Publication Date:Sep 2001
Publisher:Abrams, Inc.
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $22.50USD $22.50
Book Description:

Charts the button's evolution through paintings, sculptures, carvings & collages.

Book Details
Pages:176
Detailed Subjects: Antiques & Collectibles / Buttons & Pins
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.875 x 10 x 0.5 Inches
Book Weight:1.82 Pounds
Author Biography
Epstein, Diana (Author)
As a writer, Diana Epstein focused her attention on buttons. She wrote three books on buttons in collaboration with her partner, Millicent Safro: The Collector's Guide to Buttons, Buttons, and The Button Book.

Epstein's obsession with buttons began one afternoon in the early 1960s when she ran an errand to replace some buttons she felt were inferior. The shop where she expected to find proper buttons was closed because the previous owner had died. Epstein, who was always noted for her artistic flair, acted solely on a whim, purchased the inventory of several hundred thousand buttons, dating back to the early 1930s, for $5,000 and she rented the store. A week later Epstein met Millicent Safro, an antique restorer who took pity on Epstein and decided to help her organize the collection. When they sold six buttons one day in the store, they both began doing extensive research into the button-collection business. Their shop, "Tender Buttons," was named from a line from Gertrude Stein. It is a very popular shopping place for the rich and famous of New York, located at 143 East 62nd Street.

Epstein grew up in Chicago and was raised by an aunt. She graduated from the University of Chicago and studied at the Chicago Institute of Art. She moved to New York and tried various times to write, but soon settled into editing. This was before that fateful afternoon when she stumbled into her life's work. Epstein died April 3, 1998 at the age of 61.

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