Object Name:

Embedment with Butterflies and Heather

Maker / Manufacturer:

Armand G. Winfield

Material:

Cast Polyester

Designer:

Armand G. Winfield

Description:

Decorative plate with embedded butterflies and heather in cast polyester made by Armand G. Winfield.  Winfield, a designer, teacher, inventor and innovator is considered a pioneer in the field of plastics.  Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Winfield invented the first inexpensive mass-producible acrylics embedding process in the mid 1940s.  He did precursory work that led to the electronic encapsulation industry, when he successfully embedded the Walkie- Talkie for the US War Department, rendering it unbreakable in combat.  He used the process in the medical, biological, museum, and design fields by embedding a variety of objects and specimens. 

Dimensions:

12 in. (30.5 cm)

Date:

1955

Credit Line:

Gift of Armand G. Winfield, International Plastics Consultant, in memory of Barbara LaBarge Winfield

Accession Number:

2003.1202