Decoudun folding black japanned darkroom safelight.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Glass
Measurements
140 x 65 x 68 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525143
Summary
Folding black japanned darkroom safelight, made by Decoudun of Paris. A four sided rectangular box, with removable red glass plates on three sides surrounding the candle holder, and a hinged metal cover. Markings; on the folding lid "J. Decoudun Brevete S.G.D.G."
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