"Boomerang"
"Boomerang"
Product Specifications:
Product ID | H01 | |
Era | British Railways: 1948 - 1964 | |
Used In | 3rd class Compartments and Open Saloons. | |
Roll Size | 4'2" W × 80'5" L (1.27m × 24.5m) approx. | |
Pattern Repeat | ? | 5 ½” W × 1 ¾” H (13.97cm × 4.44cm) |
Pile Formation | Textured Pile | |
Availability | In Stock (By the Roll, By the Metre) |
Pattern Repeat:
Our fabrics feature repeating patterns.
Pattern Repeat specifies the size of one motif of the pattern, measured both vertically and horizontaly.
Often used to assess how much material may be needed.
More informationBackground:
This is one of the “Festival of Britain” group of designs, first introduced in 1951 for the new range of British Railways Standard coaches (later to be known as the “Mark 1” fleet). A mock up of two compartments, one first class, and one third class, were constructed in railway workshops and were displayed at the Festival exhibition site on the South Bank, near Waterloo station.
These mock-ups, one of which features the “Boomerang” design, still exist today in the National Railway Museum collection, although not currently on display.