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DuPont Pyralin travel vanity set

  • 1910 – 1940

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Irregularly-shaped wooden box with blue and off-white synthetic coatings; box is secured with two steel snap fasteners; top opens upward and is held upright with a cloth ribbon on the left side; top and bottom of box are lined with peach ruffled fabric; top has strings to keep a rectangular glass mirror in place; bottom has positions for the following Pyralin products: comb, hand-held mirror, brush, two blue rectangular pieces, and three glass jars, two with screw tops and one with a top that sits on top of jar.

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  • 8.26 cm H x 51.44 cm W x 30.48 cm D (Case closed)
  • 34.93 cm H x 51.44 cm W x 30.48 cm D (Case open)
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  • (On box top interior) "DUPONT "Pyralin" / "TRADE MARK""
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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Science History Institute. DuPont Pyralin Travel Vanity Set. Photograph, 2017. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3t945r35r.

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