Our twenty-first calendar post is a row of buttonholes in silk. From the Wasa ship, Sweden.
Here we can see a close up on the buttonholes. The buttonholes are sewn in silk thread. The fabric where they were sewn on is gone, and only the buttonholes are remaining of this item.
This piece is dated to 10 August 1628, the same day as the warship Wasa sank.
Now in collections of Vasamuseet, Sweden
