Central mahogany slat for a Beresford's Climax photographic changing tent.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Mahogany, Brass, Ivorine
Measurements
10 x 653 x 28 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525173.2
Summary
The central mahogany slat for a Beresford's Climax photographic changing tent. This is a single piece of mahogany with two brass fixings one each end. The brass fixings have a hole through which screws the upright brass poles into the centre of the two side slats. In the centre of the slat is a small ivory/ivorine label which reads "F. Beresford 4 Albert Bridge Road LONDON S.W."
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