Patent model for printing or decorating the surface of celluloid
Patent model for printing or decorating the surface of celluloid
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for printing and decorating the surface of celluloid. A celluloid sheet was printed, and then heated under pressure against a polished sheet to finish the surface. The invention was granted patent number 346376. Model consists of two photogravure specimens.
- The patent rights were assigned to the Celluloid Manufacturing Company, New York. Marshall Clifford Lefferts (born 1848) first worked with the American Telegraph Company. In 1870 he joined with the new Celluloid Manufacturing Company, of which he became president in 1890.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- process, celluloid printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1886
- patent date
- 1886-07-27
- patentee
- Lefferts, Marshall C.
- Physical Description
- photogravure (overall material)
- Measurements
- part: photograph: 20 cm x 14.9 cm x.1 cm; 7 7/8 in x 5 7/8 in x 1/16 in
- part: celluloid card: 12.3 cm x 7.8 cm x.1 cm; 4 13/16 in x 3 1/16 in x 1/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.89797.346376
- accession number
- 089797
- patent number
- 346376
- catalog number
- GA*89797.346376
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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