Set of tesselating wooden pieces in 3 colours to represent interlacing surfaces
- Made:
- 1890-1910 in United Kingdom
Set of tesselating wooden pieces in 3 colours to represent interlacing surfaces, made for Alexander Crum Brown, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1890-1910
The hexagonal hole allowed the whole plane to be covered in the manner seen here with the three-coloured shapes.
Details
- Category:
- Mathematics
- Object Number:
- 2006-69
- Materials:
- pine (wood), mahogany (wood), beech (wood), iron, paper (fibre product) and complete
- Measurements:
-
overall (box): 55 mm x 260 mm x 140 mm, .526kg
- type:
- model - representation
- credit:
- School of Mathematics, The University of Edinburgh