It is used in lacquers, plastics, and also artificial leathers. Pyroxylin plastics are made by colloiding pyroxylin with a plasticizer,

Samuel P. Wilson has written:

'Pyroxylin enamels and lacquers' -- subject(s): Lacquer and lacquering, Pyroxylin

A xyloidin is a compound resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch.

Black lacquer is obtained from the varnish tree that yields a toxic exudation. The chemical name of black lacquer is pyroxylin.

Alexander Parkes (1813-1890) invented the first manmade plastic, Parkesine (aka synthetic ivory), in 1856. It was a form of pyroxylin (celluloid) and did not find the economical uses that its later successors, Celluloid and Xylonite, did.