Colorcore Souvenir
notes: label: Description
content: This small souvenir—representing a block of Neapolitan ice cream with a slice cut but not removed—was made for the "Surface & Ornament" exhibition in Chicago in June 1983. It was there that Formica introduced Colorcore, a plastic material made from layers of kraft paper impregnated with a melamine resin continues all the way through. The result is a hard material that can be machined in a standard workshop.
label: Description
content: The inscription reads "Neopolitan / Design-Lee Payne / Limited Edition 6/12 / Produced in Colorcore / Formica Corp. Design Center. June 1983."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Grace Jeffers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0319.02
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0319.02
label: accession number
content: 1997.0319
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coralcore Souvenir
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: formica, colorcore (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.2 cm x 16.8 cm x 7.7 cm; 4 in x 6 5/8 in x 3 1/16 in