Cristoballite 8.53 pierced metal sheet, Festival Pattern Group sample, 1951
Metalwork sample, Cristoballite 8.53 pierced metal sheet, perforated and embossed aluminium, pattern repeat 2.5 x 2.5 cm, manufacturer: by G.A. Harvey & Co. Ltd., Greenwich metalworks, London, samples only produced, 1951; From Atoms to Patterns, p66 The Souvenir Book of Crystal Designs, p8; Part of a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, based on X-ray crystallographic pattern
Details
- Category:
- Experimental Chemistry
- Object Number:
- 1976-644/14
- Materials:
- aluminium alloy
- type:
- metalwork sample
- credit:
- Gift of Dr. Helen Dick Megaw