Archaeologists recently discovered the earliest buttons found in Linyi County in China. After research, this button belongs to Qijia culture type. It has a history of more than 4,600 years. The button has a diameter of 2.5 cm and a middle thickness of 1 cm. Thin, with two holes similar to buttonholes. The entire button is a muddy yellow-orange pottery. The color is khaki and the surface of the pottery is rough. Want to learn more about buttons: accessible Cotton Yarn,Hand Knitting Twisted Yarn,Cotton Hosiery Yarn,Recycled Cotton Hosiery Yarn Shaoxing Shiffon Textile Co., Ltd , http://www.shiffontex.com
This ceramic button unearthed in Linyi was one of the only ones in the country. The discovery of this button confirmed that over 4,000 years ago, the people had started sewing clothes to avoid shame. It is of great value to study the life of the ancestors.
In the history of clothing development in China, the appearance of buttons appeared later. Archaeological excavations prove that prior to the Ming Dynasty, none of the clothes unearthed in the tombs had buttons. They were almost all "band-wrap" and connected to each other. The ancients called it "scarring." According to the records in Tianshui Bingshan, clothing buttons were gradually used in the late 16th century. At the end of Ming Dynasty, it was mainly used in formal dresses, but it was rarely used in uniforms. Until the Qing Dynasty, the buttons were widely used by people.
Buttons are the clothes that humans often escort. Its use has been more than 6,000 years old. As early as 4000 AD, the Persians of Iran’s ancestors had already made buttons with stones. China’s Zhou Dynasty has begun to adopt the blouse under the blouse. Both men and women wear two pieces of clothes under the upper skirts. There are officials who specialize in making dresses. When the officials of the civil and military officials perform the ceremony, they must wear dresses. At that time, the use of clothing was more standardized and the clothing system was quite complete. The Zhou Dynasty reflected the Zhou Dynasty etiquette "Zhou Li", "Book of Rites" and other books appeared in the "New" word, "New" is a knot that meet each other, that is, buckle. According to my collection of copper buttons in the Western Zhou Dynasty and archeological findings in China, during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period, there was a use of buttons. In the 16th century in Jinning, Yunnan, the Chinese passed the button to Europe. At that time, only men used it. There were fewer female users. Most people used it only as clothing. In order to show their wealth, some Daguan nobles use precious gold, silver, pearls, precious stones, diamonds, rhino horns, antelope horns, and precious materials of ivory to make buttons. King Louis XIV of France has used 13,000 precious buttons to make a royal robe. In my current collection, precious horns, antelope horns, ivory, precious gold and silver precious materials are used. 