Please excuse cross-posting.
 
I am collecting references on clothing hooks and eyes, and hope someone
on this list is familiar with the subject.  I have posted a request on a
costume list and been referred to Janet Arnold's books.
 
I am particulary interested in patent dates - when was the interior
"bump" introduced?  Hooks and eyes are currently used in military
uniforms, but not commonly found on modern men's garb - when did hooks
and eyes become primarily women's clothing fasteners?
 
Thank you for your time and consideration,
 
Betsy Cassebeer
Laboratory Supervisor
Gray & Pape, Inc.
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"Things have their laws as well as men; things refuse to be trifled
with."  Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
 
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