Festival Pattern Group Wallpaper, 1951

Made:
1951 in Southall
maker:
John Line and Sons Limited
Sample in pink, yellow and black of Insulin 8

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Sample in pink, yellow and black of Insulin 8
Science Museum Group Collection
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Sample in pink, yellow and black of Insulin 8.25 wallpaper pattern, crystallographer Dorothy Hodgkin, designed by Robert Sevant, made by John Line and Sons Ltd. Pattern in production in 1951 and used in the cinema foyer at the Exhibition of Science. Shown in the Land Travelling Exhibition. From a collection of 83 samples designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain.

Details

Category:
Experimental Chemistry
Object Number:
1976-644/51
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 531 mm x 565 mm
type:
wallpaper sample
credit:
Gift of Dr. Helen Dick Megaw