This offering is for a Rare Designer Jacques Fath button. I have other Fath buttons, all mother of pearl and several colors. I will be adding others soon. It is engraved FATH. This button is dyed pale yellow, measures 1" and has a carved self shank. Just right for spring! The dark spot you see in the center, is the flash reflecting off the nacre in the pearl. Very hard to find button.
Jacques Fath led a magnificent life. The glamorous, self-taught Frenchman opened his couture salon in Paris in 1937 and became one of the first French designers to export haute couture collection to the United States. By 1947, his sweeping skirts were reshaping a global industry still in its infancy.
In 1949, he earned a Neiman Marcus Award for Distinguished Service in the Field of Fashion. He dressed some of the most elegant celebrities of his time. Fath apprenticeships launched the careers of Hubert de Givenchy and Guy Laroche. Sadly, the magic ended abruptly with his death in 1954. Two years later, his widow closed the couture line. Although his career was cut short, Fath had a profound impact on popular culture. He helped launch the New Look of the late 1940s. And unlike most designers, Fath kept meticulous records of his design sketches.
I don't know the age of these buttons.
They come from a Hollis, Maine estate.
This is a non smoking environment, but I do have pets.
