Eight Festival Pattern Group sample fabrics, 1951

Made:
1951 in United Kingdom
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Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
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Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Display board containing 8 fabric samples
Science Museum Group Collection
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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:
overall: 565 mm x 810 mm
type:
textile samples
credit:
Gift of Dr. Helen Dick Megaw