Formica
name: label: maker
content: Bakelite Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Bakelite, the first plastic made from synthetic components, was developed by the Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland in Yonkers, New York, in 1907. In 1931, the Bakelite Corporation gave the Smithsonian several items made of Bakelite. This package of sheets of Formica was part of that donation. Invented in 1912, Formica laminate is a fabric coated with Bakelite.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bakelite Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.A.4532
label: catalog number
content: A.4532
label: accession number
content: 1931.116481
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bakelite Panel Stock
label: Object Name
content: Formica
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall; each: 5 in x 3 in; 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm