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. The term “Ivory” suggested elegance. Du Barry was a style on the market by the early 1920s. This celluloid box with an "IVORY Py-Ra-Lin / DUBARRY" inscription on the lid.
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: 1992.0432.03
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0432.03
label: accession number
content: 1992.0432
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Box, Dressing Table
label: Object Name
content: box
label: Object Name
content: Celluloid Box
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 51 mm x 114 mm; 2 in x 4 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 4.7625 cm x 11.43 cm