Hannart, Louis

SUBJECT AREA: Textiles

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fl. c.1863

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Inventor of the first press stud for garments.

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Fastenings are an essential component of the majority of garments. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, these relied on buttons or toggles passing through either button holes or loops of cord. The press stud stems from the invention by Louis Hannart in 1863 of an "Improved clasp or fastener for gloves and other wearing apparel, for umbrellas, travelling bags…".

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Further Reading

I.McNeil (ed.), 1990, An Encyclopaedia of the History of Technology, London: Routledge, pp. 852–3 (provides a short account of fastenings).

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