Desk Tidy
1930-1939 (made)
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This desk tidy made of brown Bakelite features two pen holders. It was part of a range of products designed for Platignum to complement the range of pens they manufactured. It was made by compression-moulding.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Compression-moulded phenol formaldehyde ('Bakelite') |
| Brief description | Brown Bakelite desk tidy for Mentmore Manufacturing Company's Platignum, England, 1930s |
| Physical description | Brown Bakelite desk tidy, with two penholders. |
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| Object history | Fred A. Bulmer, a collector based in Leeds, Yorkshire, offered his collection of ‘plastic antiques’ to the V&A in late 1982. The Museum chose to purchase 59 objects from Bulmer the following year (for acquisition papers see MA/1/B3395). The objects were divided among the Museum’s collections according to object type: Furniture and Woodwork taking 26 objects (W.50 to 75-1983), Metalwork 18 objects (M.49 to 66-1984) and Ceramics and Glass 14 objects (C.41 to 54-1984). Registered Papers 83/26 |
| Summary | This desk tidy made of brown Bakelite features two pen holders. It was part of a range of products designed for Platignum to complement the range of pens they manufactured. It was made by compression-moulding. |
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| Accession number | W.73-1983 |
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| Record created | September 25, 2000 |
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