Beresford Climax photographic changing tent.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Fabric, Metal, Leather, Plastic
Measurements
600 x 640 x 630 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525173.1
Summary
Beresford's Climax photographic changing tent. This is an oiled fabric tent which is designed to mount on mahogany and brass fixtures to provide a free standing changing bag. It has openings to fit over the upper part of the face which has two plastic buttons and to fit around the wrist. with an elastic strap and the label claims that it leaves "plenty of freedom for working". There are leather tabs at each corner of the base to attach to the framework (one of which has become detatched) and a metal bar across the top which fits into the brass side poles.
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