Haemaglobin 8.26 dress fabric, Festival Pattern Group, 1951
Experimental Chemistry
1951
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