Metal thumb tacks

Japanese: 金属画鋲 - きんぞくがびょう
Metal thumb tacks

...It is said that thumb tacks began when a French painter came up with the idea of ​​attaching a cap to the pins used to hold canvases in place and had an art supply store make them. Depending on the material of the cap, they can be broadly divided into metal and plastic thumb tacks. Metal thumb tacks have a cap made of a band of iron plated with brass and a steel wire needle inserted into it. Plastic thumb tacks have a plastic cap with a stainless steel needle inserted into it, and were imported from the United States in the 1960s. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "metal thumb tacks" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…フランスの画家がキャンバスをとめるピンに笠をつけることを思いつき,画材屋に作らせたのが始まりといわれる。笠の材質により金属画鋲とプラスチック画鋲に大別され,金属画鋲は笠になる帯鉄(おびてつ)にシンチュウめっきし,鋼鉄線の針を植える。プラスチック画鋲はプラスチック製の笠にステンレス製の針を挿入したもので,1960年代にアメリカから輸入された。…

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