What is Vintage Lucite®?
LUCITE® is a modern material with vintage past. The name refers to the form of acrylic plastic known chemically as polymethylmethakrylate. It has both lightweight plastic weight, hardness and gloss of glass. Lutite®, which is now used in industrial production, was once a popular medium for jewelry and accessories. Vintage Lucite® refers to Lucite® products, especially jewelry, made before 1970. The corner and Haas, the company that produced Lucite®, was created at the age of 30 and began to produce jewelry and accessories using material. The manufacturing company ceased to produce these products to focus on industrial applications in 70 years. Vintage Lucite® has been produced over the decade between the company's establishment and the cessation of jewelry production by this company. Although jewelry is still made using polymethyl methacrylate, it is not sold or sold under the name Lucite®. Lucite® vintage jewelry is made to look like glass; OnlyThe feeling and texture of objects devotes their plastic nature. Vintage pieces exist in many forms, including beads, completed jewelry, wallets and household goods. Vintage accessories made using LuCite® are considered collectible items that are comparable that are described with Bulkier Bakelite® pieces of the same era.
pieces made of LuCite® can be distinguished from other vintage plastics using a simple test. Immerse a piece in hot, but not boiling, water. If this piece has a recognizable odor, it is not a lucite® year because Lucite® has no smell when it is exposed to hot water. Antiques sellers are often able to identify vintage polylmethacrylate pieces after the look alone.
Some pieces of LUCITE® are clearly vintage. For example, the Monglow surface was made during the vintage era and it seems to shine in light radiation. Pieces that resemble a granite pattern areProbably probably a year Lucite® due to their design and design. Confetti Lucite®, which is a transparent plastic with pieces of glitters captured inside, is another popular vintage surface, although the confetti pieces were also made in the later period of polymethylmethakrylate production.
LUCITE® has experienced several recovery since its maximum production period, although the name cannot be applied correctly. The short recovery of the material in fashion and the production of accessories occurred in 80 and early 2000. Although these pieces are called Lucite®, it is an incorrect name. Polemethylmethacrylate pieces from 80 years are sometimes called vintage Lucite® due to incorrect Applied Lutite® Label.