Celluloid Box with Lid
Celluloid Box with Lid
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- Description
- After World War I, hoping to use its nitrocellulose facilities for domestic and industrial (rather than military) production, Du Pont promoted pyralin, a nitrocellulose plastic akin to celluloid. The term “Ivory” suggested elegance. Du Barry was a style on the market by the early 1920s. This celluloid box with lid has an "IVORY Py-Ra-Lin / DUBARRY" inscription.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Box, Dressing Table
- box
- Celluloid Box
- Associated Place
- United States: New Jersey
- Measurements
- overall: 51 mm x 114 mm; 2 in x 4 1/2 in
- overall: 1 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 11.43 cm
- ID Number
- 1992.0432.03
- catalog number
- 1992.0432.03
- accession number
- 1992.0432
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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