Wooden French "Novelty - Lux" buttons
f these buttons are confirmed to be painted wood, they represent a very specific and desirable niche in vintage French haberdashery. Hand-painted wooden buttons on original cards were highly popular in France from the 1920s through the 1940s.
These vintage Haute Nouveauté hand-painted buttons, labeled "Novelty-Lux" and "Peints a la Main," are typically sold through antique haberdashery specialists and vintage marketplaces. [1, 2, 3]
- Estimated Price: $25 to $45 for the complete card.
- Collectibility: Vintage French wooden button sets remaining on their original "Haute Nouveauté" or "Novelty - Lux" cards are rarer than their plastic, glass, or shell counterparts. They are highly sought after by collectors of Art Deco and mid-century sewing notions