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Ilfospeed 4259 Dryer

Photography Dryer
1975 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bell-Wyckham Associates (designers)
Ilford Ltd (designers)
Ilford Ltd (manufacturers)
John Wyckham (designer)
Place of origin
Ilford (made)

Ilford Photo is a UK manufacturer of photographic materials known worldwide for its black-and-white film and papers and chemicals, and its range of Ilfochrome and Ilfocolor colour printing materials, before these were discontinued. Ilfochrome was formerly called Cibachrome, developed in partnership with the Swiss company CIBA-Geigy. Formerly, it published the Ilford Manual of Photography, a comprehensive manual of everything photographic, including the optics, physics and chemistry of photography, along with recipes for many developers.


Object details

Categories
Design Council Award Winner
Metalwork
Photographic Studies
Product Design
Object type
Photography dryer
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Dyer
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Dyer
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Dyer
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Dyer
  • Photographic Equipment
  • Dyer
TitleIlfospeed 4259 Dryer (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Aluminium caseing and feet with stainless steel facia, neoprene rollers and drip tray in ABS plastic.
Aluminium
Stainless Steel
Neoprene
Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene Copolymer
Forging (Metal Forming)
Injection Moulding
Brief description
Ilfospeed 4250 Dryer, designed by John Wyckham of Bell-Wyckham Associates and the Ilford design staff, c.1975. Winner of the Design Council Award 1975.
Physical description
Ilfospeed 4250 Dryer, aluminium case with stainless steel facia, neoprene rollers and ABS components.
Dimensions
  • CIR c.71 1977 width: 820mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 1977 depth: 500mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 1977 height: 227mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 a & b 1977 height: 64mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 a & b 1977 depth: 460mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 a & b 1977 width: 25mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 c 1977 height: 304mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 c 1977 width: 524mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 c 1977 depth: 29mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 d 1977 height: 67mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 d 1977 width: 609mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
  • CIR c.71 d 1977 depth: 508mm (Note: Taken from the register.)
Style
20th Century Second Half
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Gift of the manufacturer
Object history
Historical significance: Winner of the Design Centre Award in 1975.
Summary
Ilford Photo is a UK manufacturer of photographic materials known worldwide for its black-and-white film and papers and chemicals, and its range of Ilfochrome and Ilfocolor colour printing materials, before these were discontinued. Ilfochrome was formerly called Cibachrome, developed in partnership with the Swiss company CIBA-Geigy. Formerly, it published the Ilford Manual of Photography, a comprehensive manual of everything photographic, including the optics, physics and chemistry of photography, along with recipes for many developers.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
CIRC.71 to D-1977

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Record createdApril 28, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1194727/ilfospeed-4259-dryer-photography-dryer-john-wyckham/
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