Haemaglobin 8.26 dress fabric, Festival Pattern Group, 1951
- Made:
- 1951 in Manchester
- maker:
- Barlow and Jones Limited
Sample of roller-printed viscose rayon marocain dress fabric, grey and white, Osman brand, based on Max Perutz's crystallography, haemoglobin 8.26, nested hexagonal motif surrounded by circles, made by Barlow & Jones Ltd., Manchester, England, 1950-1951. Based on the X-ray crystallographic pattern of the haemoglobin molecule. 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:
- 1976-644/15
- Materials:
- viscose rayon
- type:
- textile sample
- credit:
- Gift of Dr. Helen Dick Megaw