Celluloid Tray
notes: label: Description
content: 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. So too did the term Du Barry, a style on the market by the early 1920s. The inscription on this celluloid tray reads "Pyralin / DUBARRY."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0432.04.3
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0432.04.3
label: accession number
content: 1992.0432
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tray (Part of Vanity Table Set)
label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Tray
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 mm x 317 mm x 178 mm; 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in x 7 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in x 7 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 31.75 cm x 19.685 cm