Swatch Book
1951 (made)
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Book containing 19 furnishing samples of rexine and vynide with patterns based on crystal structure diagrams. In a loose leaf volume.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plastic, rexine and vynide |
| Brief description | Book containing 19 furnishing samples of plastic, designed by Charles C. Garnier for ICI Ltd., Great Britain, 1951 |
| Physical description | Book containing 19 furnishing samples of rexine and vynide with patterns based on crystal structure diagrams. In a loose leaf volume. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Council of Industrial Design |
| Object history | X-ray crystallography involved projecting a narrow beam of X-rays on to crystalline material. Photographs were then taken of the diffracted X-rays, and the resulting lines or spots were used to plot 'maps' indicating the relationships between atoms. For the first time ever it enabled scientist to work out the structure of atoms within molecules. Britain was a world leader in the field of crystallography and during the post war period this was one of the most significant and stimulating branches of science. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.52-1968 |
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| Record created | November 21, 2007 |
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