Cristoballite 8.53 pierced metal sheet, Festival Pattern Group sample, 1951

Made:
1951 in Greenwich
maker:
G.A. Harvey & Co. (London) Ltd.
Metalwork sample, Cristoballite 8 Cristoballite 8

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Metalwork sample, Cristoballite 8
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Cristoballite 8
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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