Dufay colour transparency viewing box.
Dufay-Chromex Limited
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Glass, Metal, Plastic?
Measurements
156 x 166 x 175 mm
Place of origin
Elstree, Hertfordshire
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525307.1
Summary
Dufay colour transparency viewing box. The box is wooden and painted black. The top frame hinges up to rest on a pair of side supports at an angle of 45 degrees above a mirror used for illumination. The slide then rests on a plastic diffusing panel and is held in place by a removable clear glass screen. This screen is held in place by two metal clips. The unit folds flat and is held shut by a chrome clip.
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
Dufay-Chromex Limited, manufacturer