Festival Pattern Group Fabric, 1951

Festival Pattern Group Fabric, 1951 Festival Pattern Group Fabric, 1951

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Sample of jacquard-woven warp tapestry, made from wool, cotton and continuous filament rayon, afwillite 8.44 pattern furnishing fabric, lime green colourway, crystallography by Helen Megaw. Issued as 'Surrey' pattern, designed by Marianne Straub, manufactured by Warner & Sons, Braintree, Essex, England. Part of a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, based on X-ray crystallographic pattern. Width 127 cm in four colorways.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1976-644/35
Materials:
wool, cotton and rayon
type:
textile sample
credit:
Gift of Dr. Helen Dick Megaw