Objects
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
2009.451
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