Celluloid Box with Lid
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. This celluloid box with lid has an "IVORY / Pyralin / DuBarry" inscription. The term “Ivory” suggested elegance. The Du Barry style was on the market by the early 1920s.
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: 1992.0432.04.1
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0432.04.1
label: accession number
content: 1992.0432
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hair Receiver (Part of Vanity Table Set)
label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Box
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 57 mm x 121 mm; 2 1/4 in x 4 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 5.715 cm x 11.43 cm