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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;necollectors, post: 1368685, member: 12723&quot;]You could check the hook and eye closely, if the hook has a hump to stop it from slipping out of the eye, then it is a Dulong hook and eye, and it can perhaps date the dress somewhat.</p><p>It was not until the first part of the 19th century that the industry was furthered in the United States. One of the greatest improvements in the attachment was the &quot;Delong hump&quot;, patented in 1889 by the Richardson &amp; Delong Hook and Eye Company of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" rel="nofollow">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania, which was a raised elevation or &quot;hump&quot; in the wire hook that prevented the eye from slipping out of the hook, &quot;except at the will of the wearer&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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