Festival Pattern Group Lace, 1951

Made:
1951 in Nottingham
maker:
A C Gill Limited
designer:
H Webster
Sample of white lace with apophyllite pattern

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Sample of white lace with apophyllite pattern
Science Museum Group Collection
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Sample of machine-embroidered white cotton lace with apophyllite pattern, mounted on black card. 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:
1976-644/23
Materials:
cotton and textile
type:
lace and textile sample
credit:
Gift of Dr. Helen Dick Megaw