Cellophane was invented by Swiss chemist Jacques E. Brandenberger while employed by Blanchisserie et Teinturerie de Thaon.
However, it was not until 1913 that Dr Jacques Brandenberger brought thin transparent cellulose film into true commercial production at the La Cellophane SA factory in Bezons, France.
Hixon’s first permanent museum installation, Super-Sized Dandelion Plant, a fifteen-foot, three-dimensional flower installation using cellophane, opened in the front lobby of the Children’s Museum of Art in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood December 2011.
The 1990 CD came with a large sticker on its cellophane wrapping, which read, "Samhain: Final Descent" (in the same font used for the original 1976 horror/suspense motion picture The Omen and its three sequels).
The Apollo 9 Command module was nicknamed "Gumdrop" — not only did it have the appropriate stumpy cone shape, but it arrived at Cape Kennedy in a blue cellophane wrapper.
In 1935, Courtaulds and La Cellophane SA joined forces to produce and sell Cellophane in the UK.
The cover, photographed by Gered Mankowitz, shows members of the band apparently unclothed except for being wrapped in cellophane.
Cellulose reacts with carbon disulfide (CS2) in presence of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to produces sodium cellulose xanthate, which upon neutralization with sulfuric acid (H2SO4) gives viscose rayon or cellophane paper (Sellotape or Scotch Tape).