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Method of making Cellon Acetate Front / Sides
ARCHIVAL ITEMS
instructions
Ardern & Co. Limited
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Lancashire, Manchester
1950s
paper
overall: 253 mm x 201 mm

Instruction sheet typewritten on both sides of a single piece of company letterhead. Describes use of five foot Cellon sheets, divided into five and a half inch slabs an softened to press out nasal or bridge parts and the subsequent machine cutting of the eyes. On the reverse is a description of making reinforced sides and the assembly process.

2009.451

Gift of Mr Robin Hall FCOptom, 2008