Button Size Chart: Clothing Industry Directory

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
14	9.2	.362
16	10.5	.413
18	11.6	.457
20	12.5	.492
21	13.5	.531
22	14.2	.559
23	14.8	.583
24	15.0	.590
27	16.8	.661
28	17.8	.701
30	19.0	.748
32	20.5	.807
34	21.5	.846
36	22.9	.902
40	25.4	1.00
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