Eight Festival Pattern Group sample fabrics, 1951
- Made:
- 1951 in United Kingdom
Display board containing 8 fabric samples. Consisting of (pink) hydrargillite; (brown) hydrargillite; (red, blue and yellow) afwillite; (red) mica; (blue) china clay; (green, yellow and red) haemoglobin; (green) orthoclase; (brown) hydrargillite (simplified). From a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain.
These textile samples were made for the Festival of Britain in 1951 by the Festival Pattern Group. The Festival of Britain celebrated the centenary of the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace as well as the best of Britain’s art, design, technology and science. The Festival Pattern group was a collaboration between X-ray crystallographers, designers and manufacturers. These samples are just eight of the fabric designs created.
Details
- Category:
- Experimental Chemistry
- Object Number:
- 1976-644/52
- Measurements:
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overall: 565 mm x 810 mm
- type:
- textile samples
- credit:
- Gift of Dr. Helen Dick Megaw