tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post4246957266215326881..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Daily Express Building, LondonJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-91837717477995279222015-05-17T17:14:01.012-04:002015-05-17T17:14:01.012-04:00http://www.hagley.org/librarynews/what-vitrolite-a...http://www.hagley.org/librarynews/what-vitrolite-another-question-answered-hagley-libraryKpgooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270609696502839431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-16751194917428832942015-05-17T10:47:30.906-04:002015-05-17T10:47:30.906-04:00"I don't know what vitrolite is, but it j...<i>"I don't know what vitrolite is, but it just sounds like a product of the machine age."</i><br /><br />Vitrolite is a brand name of a material also known as vitreous marble - but it isn't actually marble, it's a sort of pigmented structural glass. It was often used <b><i>in place of</i></b> marble, in part because it is non-porous and therefor more sanitary than marble is for uses such as kitchen countertops or bathroom surfaces, and in part because it was somewhat cheaper and entirely more uniform in appearance.<br /><br />Vitrolite is very heavily associated with art deco, chiefly centered in the UK and the American northeast, and it pretty much stopped being used entirely in the US after WWII, in large part due to the development of other superior synthetic materials.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com