Button Question

[sofadoc]

Another button style that comes to mind, were the ones that look similar to the canvas back, except they had a shoelace-type string with a clip on the end. I mainly saw them in Tell City furniture. They used them to attach a tufted cushion to a finished Early American wood frame, such as a footstool. The clips were visible on the bottom of the footstool.

[Dede]

Another button style that comes to mind, were the ones that look similar to the canvas back, except they had a shoelace-type string with a clip on the end. I mainly saw them in Tell City furniture. They used them to attach a tufted cushion to a finished Early American wood frame, such as a footstool. The clips were visible on the bottom of the footstool.

Do you remember if the clasp looked like this?


...or maybe this?

[sofadoc]

Dede; No, not like those clips. The shoelace was pressed into the clip somehow. The clip didn't have any holes in it.

The whole button, string, and clip had a predetermined length. So it had to be made for a specific application, and must've been installed with a special insertion tool.

Back in the 80's, I saw them all the time. But especially on Tell City furniture.

[MinUph]

Another button style that comes to mind, were the ones that look similar to the canvas back, except they had a shoelace-type string with a clip on the end. I mainly saw them in Tell City furniture. They used them to attach a tufted cushion to a finished Early American wood frame, such as a footstool. The clips were visible on the bottom of the footstool.

Do you remember if the clasp looked like this?


...or maybe this?

These are the two clip styles that are inserted from the front with a special tool one for each style clip. Very handy as log as there is decent fabric behind the filling for repairs.

[Dede]

Thanks, guys.  I love a good button mystery, but this one has me flummoxed.  All I can picture is my old cheapie ironing board cover that uses a metal "fold-over" clip to hold the casing string.  This isn't mine, but you get the idea: