Festival Pattern Group Lace, 1951

Made:
1951 in Nottingham
maker:
A C Gill Limited
and
H Webster
Sample of navy, silver and red tie silk in perovskite pattern Sample of cream lace with unknown pattern, Witchcraft Lace

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Sample of navy, silver and red tie silk in perovskite pattern
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Sample of cream lace with unknown pattern, Witchcraft Lace
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Sample of cream lace with Beryl 8.9 pattern, Witchcraft Lace, made by A C Gill Ltd, Nottingham, marked number 5326. Part of a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, based on X-ray crystallographic pattern produced by Lawrence Bragg, designer H Webster

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1976-644/18
Materials:
cotton (textile)
type:
lace and textile sample
credit:
Gift of Dr. Helen Dick Megaw