by Terence Ryle
While the days are long gone when one could buy anything by Lucie Rie for buttons, one can, at a price, purchase buttons by Rie – as was shown at the summer sale held by sewing-world specialist Bleasdales (20% buyer’s premium).
Among the 675 lots at the biannual sale at Warwick on July 25 was a collection of 43 glass buttons made by Rie and Fritz Lampl.