Decorative hair piece made of rust brown Parkesine; rippled surface; inlaid with brass
- Made:
- circa 1862
- maker:
- Alexander Parkes
Decorative hair piece made of rust brown Parkesine; rippled surface; inlaid with brass, and mother-of-pearl; one brass strip slightly raised off surface. Made by Alexander
Details
- Category:
- Plastics and Modern Materials
- Object Number:
- 2009-172
- Materials:
- Parkesine (xylotile), mother-of-pearl and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- type:
- hair piece
- credit:
- Plastics Historical Society