{"id":423091,"date":"2020-12-21T17:57:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T17:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=423091"},"modified":"2022-07-12T08:31:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T07:31:18","slug":"victorian-set-of-eight-papier-mache-buttons","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/shop\/victorian-set-of-eight-papier-mache-buttons\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian set of Eight Papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9  Buttons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A good set of eight buttons that were made circa 1880. They are \u2018Papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9\u2019. This is a term used to describe lots of objects made in slightly different ways, but all using mashed up paper and some sort of paste. The paper would be pressed into a cast to mould it into the desired shape. In the late 1700s, a man called Henry Clay found a new way to make papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9 by pasting 10 sheets of rag paper on both sides with a mixture of cooked glue and flour, and then squeezing them together in a metal press. After pressing, the sheets were drenched in linseed oil, which made them waterproof, and then dried at 1000\u00b0f (just over 500\u00b0c). These buttons are a good example of the craft and have been inlaid with mother of pearl in the shape of leaves and flowers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good set of eight buttons that were made circa 1880. They are \u2018Papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9\u2019. This is a term used to describe lots of objects made in slightly different ways, but all using mashed up paper and some sort of paste. The paper would be pressed into a cast to mould it into the desired [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":423092,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_cat":[5308],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/423091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=423091"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiquejewellerycompany.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=423091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}