Editing Button (section)

===Decoration and coating techniques===
Historically, fashions in buttons have also reflected trends in [[Applied aesthetics#Two-dimensional and plastic arts|applied aesthetics]] and the [[Applied arts|applied]] [[visual arts]], with buttonmakers using techniques from [[jewellery making]], [[ceramic art|ceramics]], [[sculpture]], [[painting]], [[printmaking]], [[metalworking]], [[weaving]] and others. The following are just a few of the construction and decoration techniques that have been used in button-making:  <!-- Incomplete list. Please help by expanding to it -->

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*[[Arita ware|Arita porcelain]]
*[[Cloisonné]]
*[[Daguerreotype]]<ref>{{harv|Luscomb|2003|p=53}}</ref>
*[[Electroplating]]
*[[Embroidery]]<ref name="French embroidered decorative buttons, made 1785-1792">{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O127202/mans-suit-coat/|title=Man's suit, Coat and breeches|last=Victoria and Albert museum|author-link=Victoria and Albert Museum|publisher=V&A Images|access-date=10 March 2010|location=London, UK|archive-date=24 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824194648/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O127202/mans-suit-coat/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Filigree]]<ref name="Elements of German filigree button, made 1880">{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O140427/elements-of-a/|title=Elements of a German filigree button, made ca 1880|last=Victoria and Albert Museum|work=[[Victoria and Albert Museum#Jewellery|V&A Jewellery collection]]|year=1880 |publisher=V&A Images|access-date=10 March 2010|location=London, UK}}</ref>
*[[Intaglio (printmaking)|Intaglio]]<ref>{{harv|Luscomb|2003|p=104}}</ref>
*[[Lacquerware]]
*[[Lithography]]<ref>{{harv|Luscomb|2003|pp=123–124}}</ref>
*[[Metallizing]]
*[[Metal openwork]]<ref name="Gilded and enamelled metal openwork buttons">{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O22588/jacket-from-bridegrooms/|title=Jacket from bridegroom's outfit|last=Victoria & Albert museum|work=V&A Jewellery collection|year=1992 |publisher=V&A Images|access-date=10 March 2010|location=London, UK}}</ref>
*[[Opus interassile]]
*[[Passementerie]]<ref name="Passementerie buttons, made 1740-1749, probably French">{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O127140/coat/|title=Coat - Victoria & Albert museum|publisher=V&A Images|access-date=10 March 2010|location=London, UK}}</ref>
*[[Portrait miniatures]]
*[[Satsuma ware]]
*[[Vitreous enamel]]
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