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| Title | button | |
| Collection | Museum of Design in Plastics: Arts University College at Bournemouth | |
| Manufacturer | Hornflowa | |
| Date | 1938 | |
| Description | A set of 18 circular buttons, from the 1930s. These buttons are of various sizes and colours and are made of compression moulded urea formaldehyde which has been tumble polished to give a glossy appearance. They were manufactured by Hornflowa, the Hurtzburg family from Czechoslovakia formed the company in 1938, it was eventually taken over by BIP. This item forms part of the Plastics Historical Society (PHS) collection. | |
| Accession Number | PHSL : 9 | |
| Dimensions | largest button diameter 32mm, depth 5mm | |
| Materials | plastic, UF, urea formaldehyde | |
| Notes | Everyday objects, such as those in this collection, are sometimes difficult to research. If you have any information about this object please contact the museum on modip@aub.ac.uk. | |
| Rights | MoDiP has done its utmost to obtain clearance from all IPR holders before adding images to this catalogue, if you believe that any image has been used without permission please contact us on modip@aub.ac.uk. | |
| Method | compression moulded, tumble polished | |