- Title:
- Design showing the plastics section of the Festival of Britain 1951
- Object name(s):
- Drawing
- Brief description:
- Design showing a perspective view of the display area in the Plastics section at the Festival of Britain
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Designs
- Associated concept:
- Festival
- Associated concept:
- Plastic
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 51
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 75.7
- Object history note:
- Fejer, an architect by training, practised in this country as a product designer, working for many of the largest manufacturers in Britain. The Plastics section at the Festival of Britain 1951 was intended to explain to the public how plastics were made and their many uses. He also designed a similar section for the Rubber Industry. Fejer was a pioneer designer of the fitted kitchen, working for Wrighton Ltd, Hygena Ltd, and other manufacturers.
- Object name:
- Drawing
- Object number:
- E.769-1997
- Object production date:
- c. 1951
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1946-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1955-12-31
- Object production person:
- George Fejer
- Person's association:
- maker
- Object production place:
- London
- Place association:
- made
- Place note:
- probably
- Physical description:
- Design showing a perspective view of the display area in the Plastics section at the Festival of Britain
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- Pencil, pen and indian ink and wash on tracing paper
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/260f2914-aa2f-3b86-965d-b8f2e80bd0c8, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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