Boric Acid 8.34
Wallpaper
1951 (made)
1951 (made)
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This is one of a series of wallpapers which were designed and produced for the Festival of Britain in 1951. Each pattern in the series was inspired by the crystalline structure of a chemical compound, in this case boric acid. The crystallographer in this instance was Helen Megaw. The series was developed as the result of a collaboration between the Festival Pattern Group and the wallpaper manufacturer John Line & Sons Ltd. The four wallpapers produced for the Festival were used extensively in the Festival site - in the Regatta Restaurant, the Exhibition of Science and in the Dome of Discovery.
Object details
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| Title | Boric Acid 8.34 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour screenprint |
| Brief description | Portion of a wallpaper with a design based on the crystalline structures of boric acid, pattern group 8.34, featuring yellow circles, red triangles and white dots, on a dark-green ground; Screen print, on paper; Designed by William J. Odell; Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd for the Festival of Britain; England; 1951. |
| Physical description | Portion of a wallpaper with a design based on the crystalline structures of boric acid, pattern group 8.34, featuring yellow circles, red triangles and white dots, on a dark-green ground; Screen print, on paper. |
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| Object history | Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd for the Festival of Britain. |
| Production | Produced by John Line & Sons Ltd for the Festival of Britain. |
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| Summary | This is one of a series of wallpapers which were designed and produced for the Festival of Britain in 1951. Each pattern in the series was inspired by the crystalline structure of a chemical compound, in this case boric acid. The crystallographer in this instance was Helen Megaw. The series was developed as the result of a collaboration between the Festival Pattern Group and the wallpaper manufacturer John Line & Sons Ltd. The four wallpapers produced for the Festival were used extensively in the Festival site - in the Regatta Restaurant, the Exhibition of Science and in the Dome of Discovery. |
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| Accession number | E.886-1978 |
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| Record created | August 27, 2008 |
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