Cork mattress filling - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73823 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 159.03 FAGACEAE Quercus suber | Entry Book Number | 10.1997 | |
| Artefact Name | Cork mattress filling | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Cork mattress filling | Geography Description | Great Britain, Europe, Northern Europe | ||
| Uses | Cork mattress fillingUse: MATERIALS - Cork/Cork Substitutes User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Cork/Cork Substitutes | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Edwards L | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1911 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Sample of cork fragments used to fill mattresses. Advertisement feature from 1911 enclosed with specimen. Claimed to be clean, light and washable. From Leoline Edwards, inventor and manufacturer, 19 Ailsa Avenue, St Margarets on Thames | ||||