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Side view of a sample of catalin showing the sawn edge.

Elephant shaped sample, 1 of 2

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1930 - 1939 (circa)

CANTAT-2 Oceanic cable

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufactured for
GPO
COCT
Date
1974 (circa)

Superware dish

Designer (Organisation)
Ornamin
Manufacturer
Srithai Superware
Date
1980 - 1999 (circa)

Warerite coaster

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1956 (circa)

Illustrated Warerite coaster

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1959 (circa)

Pisces Warerite coaster

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1959 (circa)

Virgo Warerite coaster

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
Unknown
Date
1950 - 1959 (circa)

Plate wound carbon composite

Designer (Organisation)
Atomic Weapons Establishment
Manufacturer
Atomic Weapons Establishment
Date
1965 - 1969 (circa)

Visualfx Stone samples

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
GE Plastics
Date
2000 (circa)

Visualfx Intrigue samples

Designer (Person)
Unknown
Manufacturer
GE Plastics
Date
2000 (circa)

Green mottled Bakelite dish

Designer (Organisation)
Bakelite
Manufacturer
Bakelite
Date
1930 - 1939 (circa)

Sample instrument box

Designer (Person)
Norman, Herbert
Manufacturer
De La Rue
Date
1941 (circa)

Pagination

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Images

  • Has images 755
  • No images 99

Classification

  • plastics samples and industry 854
    • building 308
    • material 230
    • manufacturing process 162
    • employees 133
    • tool 103
  • archival material 558
  • plastics and the environment 43
  • sports, leisure and hobbies 15
  • construction and building services 9
  • packaging and materials handling 9
  • promotional material 8
  • travel and holiday 6
  • fashion and costume 4
  • health, care and grooming 3
  • office and workplace 2
  • house and garden 1
  • smoking 1

Date

  • 1800-1899 67
  • 1900-1999 671
  • 2000-date 133

Material

  • paper 568
  • plastic 299
  • animal 50
  • metal 12
  • wood 6
  • Warerite - trade name 4
  • textile 2
  • other 1

Method

  • printed 555
  • extruded 45
  • injection moulded 44
  • compression moulded 37
  • cast 30
  • cut 27
  • unknown 27
  • calendered 17
  • woven 14
  • laminated 10
  • stitched 9
  • carved 6
  • moulded 5
  • foamed 5
  • fabricated 5
  • blow moulded 5
  • bonded 4
  • 3d printed 3
  • hollowed out 3
  • pressed 2
  • welded 2
  • electrodeposition 1
  • handmade 1
  • shaved 1
  • shredded 1
  • spun 1
  • twincut 1
  • vacuum formed 1

Person

  • U 177
  • P 7
  • T 4
  • C 1
  • H 1
  • M 1
  • N 1

Organisation

  • B 574
  • U 449
  • P 66
  • L 56
  • S 44
  • C 25
  • W 24
  • E 22
  • T 19
  • G 18
  • H 17
  • A 16
  • F 15
  • M 12
  • D 8
  • I 7
  • R 7
  • K 5
  • J 4
  • V 3
  • O 2
  • N 1
  • Z 1

Country

  • uk 700
  • unknown 30
  • usa 19
  • france 9
  • australia 5
  • germany 4
  • malta 1
  • thailand 1

Colour

  • black and white print 451
  • colour print 101
  • brown 49
  • green 49
  • black 47
  • white 38
  • multi-coloured 35
  • blue 34
  • colourless 31
  • red 21
  • grey 15
  • cream 14
  • yellow 13
  • orange 11
  • silver 8
  • pink 6
  • purple 5
  • gold 4

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