An Ilford Tri-colour filter set, in the original leather pouches.
Ilford
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Leather
Measurements
82 x 107 x 2 mm (each filter)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525066
Summary
An Ilford Tri-colour filter set, in the original leather pouches. The set consists of six rectangular glass filters - two red, two green and two blue - each in a separate pouch of soft brown stitched leather. Each pouch has a printed paper label inside the flap identifying the filter; "Tricolour Red 204", "Tricolour Green 404", Tricolour Blue 304", "Narrow Cut Tri-Red 205", Narrow Cut Tri-Blue 306", "Narrow Cut Tri-Green 408".
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
Makers and roles
Ilford, manufacturer