A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
Light plastic, which is flammable and transparent. Due to its pearlized patina, it was commonly used in the 1920s to make bangle bracelets and combs and is still used to imitate ivory, coral, tortoise shell, and bone.
Back in the earlier years of doll making, many dolls were made from celluloid. Celluloid proved to be a very lightweight material, although the surface was hard and firm to the touch. Celluloid did have one major drawback, however, as it was also highly flammable.
The plastic traditionally used on stringed instruments for binding and pickguards.
a common plastic used on instrument pickguards, tuning buttons and binding. Celluloid is known to shrink and deteriorate with time and may require replacement on some vintage instruments.
an early 20th century forerunner of modern plastics.
an early highly flammable plastic. Was used in costume jewelry and hair accessories for a short time. If you have any jewelry or other items made with celluloid you know that it breaks very easily and needs great care as it ages.
A natural resin formed from plant fibers, used commonly before the second world war as a material for pen barrels and caps (and many other consumer products, as well as motion picture film stock). Celluloid is strong and resilient, but cannot be injection molded and is highly flammable. Also known as Radite, Pyroxalin, Pyralin, Permanite, etc.
highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics
a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters"
A type of plastic made from cellulose nitrate commonly used in x-ray film and motion picture film.
Trade name for semi-synthetic pyroxylin-camphor thermoplastic, invented by John Wesley Hyatt in 1868. It's one of the first plastics and is a compound of camphor and gun cotton and highly flammable.
A transparent flammable plastic made from camphor and cellulose nitrate patented by brothers John Wesley and Isaiah Hyatt in the United States in 1869. Used mainly to imitate tortoiseshell, horn and ivory in the production of cutlery handles, cigarette cases, combs etc, but also used for dolls
Celluloid is the name of a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents. At the early pen production aera from some manufacturers gladly used material for caps and barrels. Widely used at 1920 and also later. Easily molded and shaped in every colour being requested. Celluloid is highly flammable and is no longer widely used.
Thermoplastic material that was commonly used in jewelry before the invent of injection molding. Now used to simulate tortoiseshell.
Flammable plastic derived from natural plant fibre. Celluloid was first manufactured in the late 1800s and used for a variety of objects, including hair accessories.
A solid flammable synthetic plastic material commonly used up to the middle of the 20th century.
Flammable film base made of cellulose nitrate
synthetic substance, the forerunner of acetate, first manufactured in the 19th century and used for a variety of applications until the 1940s, when it was banned; clear film used to cover the paper in early campaign buttons
A common plastic material used on guitar pickguards, tuners and binding. This material is not very durable and deteriorates over time therefore many vintage guitars have issues with celluloid parts.
A semi-synthetic plastic composed of cellulose nitrate and camphor, first patented in 1869 by brothers John and Isaiah Hyatt in the United States. Particularly popular in the toy and doll industry in the 1920s and 1930s, it was later banned because of its high flammability.
Celluloid is a plastic made from cellulose (derived from plants). This very flammable material was invented in 1869 by the American inventor John Wesley Hyatt (it was invented to be a substitute for the elephant ivory used for billiard balls). Celluloid was one the first plastics invented; it can be damaged by moisture.
first widely-manufactured synthetic plastic, made by plasticizing cellulose nitrate with camphor; dominant material for pen caps & barrels from the second half of the 1920s, able to be made in virtually any color or pattern
Celluloid is the name of a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, plus dyes and other agents. Generally regarded to be the first thermoplastic, it was first created in 1856. Celluloid is easily molded and shaped, and there are suggestions that it was first made as an ivory replacement.
