Button Size Chart

Button Size Chart ; Clothing Industry Directory

The following button sizing chart is intended for assisting members of the clothing and fashion accessories industry. Please utilize the button size chart at your own risk. We make every attempt to keep our information as accurate as possible, but we make no guarantee.

Ligne : A button's ligne, refers to a button's size. The word ligne, is a French word that became the standard reference used by German button manufacturers in the early eighteenth century. Ligne is the internationally recognized standard. Consensus at the time was that a "ligne" measured the inside diameter of a "round wick folded flat." One inch is equal to 40 English ligne, 11 French ligne, and 25.5 mm.

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LINGE = MILLIMETERS = INCHES

9.2

.362

10.5

.413

11.6

.457

12.5

.492

13.5

.531

14.2

.559

14.8

.583

15.0

.590

16.8

.661

17.8

.701

19.0

.748

20.5

.807

21.5

.846

22.9

.902

25.4

1.00

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