Hair Brush with Celluloid Handle and Back
notes: label: Description
content: Hairbrush with natural bristles, celluloid handle and back, and "IVORY Pyralin DUBARRY" inscription. Since the Celluloid Company of New York owned the term Celluloid, other firms used other terms to describe their celluloid products. DuPont adopted the term Pyralin, adding Ivory to suggest elegance. Du Barry was a style on the market by the early 1920s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Celanese Plastics Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.334343.192
label: accession number
content: 310799
label: catalog number
content: 334343.192
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Hair Brush
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.5 cm x 7 cm x 22.2 cm; 1 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 8 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 8 3/8 in; 21.2725 cm x 6.985 cm x 21.2725 cm