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First experimental spinning box for producing continuous viscose filaments, 1901 and early reels

Plastics and Modern Materials

1901

First experimental spinning box for producing continuous viscose filaments, 1901

Viscose umbrella handle, 1895.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1895

Umbrella handle in marbled brown solid viscose. Produced by a partner of Cross and Bevan, Clayton Beadle in Erith. 1895

Viscose rayon (artificial silk), 1896-1900.

Textiles Machinery

1896-1900

Six skeins and one spool of artificial silk made at Wolston, near Coventry, between 1896 and 1900.

Specimen of artificial silk

Textiles Machinery

1883

Early specimen of artificial silk made by Sir Joseph Swan, 1883; crocheted/embroidered by Lady Swan to form a border to a handkerchief, for display at Exhibition of Inventions, London 1885.

Specimens of viscose artificial silk (cellulose acetate) and nylon, late 19th & early 20th century

Plastics and Modern Materials

1892-1925

Specimens relating to the manufacture of acetate and viscose artificial silk

Bottle used in first preparation of viscose rayon, 1892.

Plastics and Modern Materials

1892

Two bottles (of antique design) in which first specimens of viscose were prepared