Buttons

   
Specifications
Ligne
Ligne is a French word meaning line. It was in use prior to the French adaptation
of the metric system in the late 1700s, and is still used by French and Swiss
wristwatch makers to measure the size of a watch movement. (For
example, Girard-Perregaux will introduced a new 12 ligne chronograph
movement.) In this usage there are 12 ligne to one French inch (pouce). The
standardized conversion for a ligne is 2.2558291 mm (1 mm = 0.443296 ligne),
and it is abbreviated with the letter L.

In the eighteenth century the term ligne came into use among German button
makers, where is was used to measure the diameter of buttons. The consensus
definition was that a ligne was the measurement of a round wick, folded flat. In this
sense it measures 1/40th of an inch.  
Ligne : A button's ligne, refers to a button's size. The word ligneis a French word that
became the standard reference used by German button manufacturers in the early
eighteenth century. Ligne is the internationally recognized standard. Consensus at the
time was that a "ligne" measured the inside diameter of a "round wick folded flat." One
inch is equal to 40 English ligne, 11 French ligne,and 25.5 mm. 
LINGE               =       MILLIMETERS         =              INCHES  
14 9.2 .362
16 10.5 .413
18 11.6 .457
20 12.5 .492
21 13.5 .531
22 14.2 .559
23 14.8 .583
24 15.0 .590
27 16.8 .661
28 17.8 .701
30 19.0 .748
32 20.5 .807
34 21.5 .846
36 22.9 .902
40 25.5 1.00
 Scale of Button Sizes
Buttons are measured by the English
standard of 40 lignes
per inch. Therefore, a 30 ligne button is
3/4" diameter, a 45 ligne button is 1-1/8"
diameter, and so on. The diagram
shows the size of a button shell before
covering.

Buttons Specifications
Material Used: ABS plated, Alloy Metal, Aluminum, Brass, Cast, Fabric Covered,
Buffalo Horn, Cow Horn, Ox Horn, Real Horn, Animal Bone, Coconut Shell, Wood,
Imitation Pearl Polyester, Imitation Shell Polyester, Melamine, Metals, Nylon,
Natural Pearl, Polyester Chalk, Polymat Polyester, Rubber, Natural Shell, Urea, and
Natural Wood. 
Application: General-Women's, Men's and Children's Wear, Toys, and Consumer
Goods.
Sizes Available (English Ligne-approx. mm)
12 Ligne-6 mm 20 Ligne-13 mm 40 Ligne-25.5 mm
13 Ligne-7 mm 21 Ligne-13.5 mm 44 Ligne-28 mm
14 Ligne-8 mm 24 Ligne-16 mm 45 Ligne-29 mm
15 Ligne-9 mm 28 Ligne-18 mm 48 Ligne-30.5 mm
16 Ligne-9.5 mm 30 Ligne-19 mm 50 Ligne-32 mm
17 Ligne-10.5 mm 32 Ligne-20 mm 60 Ligne-38 mm
18 Ligne-11 mm 34 Ligne-21 mm 64 Ligne-40.5 mm
19 Ligne-12.5 mm 36 Ligne-22 mm 65 Ligne-41 mm
Attachments/Styles Colors Available

2 Hole   White
4 Hole Black
Toggle Dyed to Match
Shank Dull
Matte
Polished
Gold
Silver
 Antiqued Metals
Note on button sizes

Rather than in inches, dealers in commercial

buttons distinguish according to series of
measures called ligne. For reference, the table
below indicates the lignemeasurement and
corresponding ligne sizes:

14 ligne
1/3"
3/8" 16 ligne
7/16" 18 ligne
1/2" 20 ligne
9/16" 22 ligne
5/8" 24 ligne
3/4" 30 ligne
7/8" 36 ligne
1 1/8" 45 ligne
1 3/8" 55 ligne
1 3/4" 70 ligne
 
Hand
Coconu Plasti Sea Buckle Toggle Syntheti Polyeste
Bone Horn Wood Painte
t Shell c Shell s s c r
d
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Bone
   
Buttons

Bone 002 Bone 004 Bone 005

Bone 001
Bone 003
 Bone 007
Bone 006 Bone 008 Bone 010

Bone 009

Bone 012 Bone 013 Bone 014 Bone 015

Bone 011

Bone 017 Bone 018

Bone 016
Bone 019 Bone 020

Coconut Sea Hand Syntheti

Bone Plastic Horn Wood Buckles Toggles
Shell Shell Painted c
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Coconut Shell
   
Buttons

Coconut Shell 01 Coconut Shell 02 Coconut Shell 03 Coconut Shell 04 Coconut Shell 05

Coconut Shell 06 Coconut Shell 07 Coconut Shell 08 Coconut Shell 09 Coconut Shell 10
Coconut Shell 11 Coconut Shell 12 Coconut Shell 13 Coconut Shell 14 Coconut Shell 15

Coconut Sea Hand Syntheti

Bone Plastic Horn Wood Buckles Toggles
Shell Shell Painted c
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Horn Pipes and
   
Scales

Bone Pipes 1 Bone Scale

Bone Pipes 2
Bone Pipes 3
Bone Pipes 4

Horn Hollow Plate

Horn Pipe 1
Horn Pipe 2 Horn Pipe 3 Horn Pipe 4

Horn Pipe 7 Horn Scale

Horn Pipe 6
Horn Pipe 5

Coconut Sea Hand Syntheti

Bone Plastic Horn Wood Buckles Toggles
Shell Shell Painted c
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Shell Buttons   page 1 of 2

Shell 03,04 Shell 05,06 Shell 06,07 Shell 08,09

Shell 01,02

Shell 12,13 Shell 14,15 Shell 16,17 Shell 18,19

Shell 10,11

Shell Shell Shell

Shell 22,23 24,25,26,27,28 29,30,31,32,33 34,35,36,37,38
Shell 20,21

Shell
39,40,41,42,43 Shell 44,45,46 Shell 47,48,49 Shell 50,51,52 Shell 53,54,55

Coconut Sea Hand Syntheti

Bone Plastic Horn Wood Buckles Toggles
Shell Shell Painted c
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Horn Buttons  
5

718220066 718220070 718220067 718220065 718220068

718220061 718220069 718230048

Horn 008 718220064
 718220344 718220345 718220036 718220054 718220059

718220060 Horn 017 718220059 Horn 019 Horn 020

Coconut Sea Hand Syntheti

Bone Plastic Horn Wood Buckles Toggles
Shell Shell Painted c
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Plam Tree and
 
Wood

Palm Tree 2 Palm Tree 3A Palm Tree 3B Palm tree 1 Wood 001

Wood 006
Wood 002 Wood 003
Wood 004 Wood 005

Wood 007 Wood 008 Wood 009 Wood 010 Wood 011
 Wood 012 Wood 013 Wood 014 Wood 015 Wood 016

Wood 019 Wood 021

Wood 017 Wood 018 Wood 020

Wood 022 Wood 023 A Wood 024 Wood 025

Wood 023 B

Coconut Sea Hand Syntheti

Bone Plastic Horn Wood Buckles Toggles
Shell Shell Painted c
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Synthetic
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Buttons

Synthetic 01 Synthetic 02 Synthetic 03 Synthetic 04 Synthetic 05

Synthetic 06 Synthetic 07 Synthetic 08 Synthetic 09 Synthetic 10

Synthetic 11 Synthetic 12 Synthetic 13 Synthetic 14 Synthetic 15

Synthetic Synthetic
Synthetic 21,22 23,24,25 Synthetic 26,27
16,17,18 Synthetic 19,20

Coconut Sea Hand Syntheti

Bone Plastic Horn Wood Buckles Toggles
Shell Shell Painted c
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