Dark cloth focusing hood for folding field camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Textile
Measurements
740 mm (Width) x 2 mm (Depth); 860 mm (Length)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524689.6
Summary
Dark cloth focusing hood for folding field camera. Two layers of cotton fabric sewn together. Black cloth on one side and light brown cloth on the other.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986