Pattern Collection (#80)

Snail ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a black and white painting of a snail

Heraldic symbols of the three Kingdoms
A photograph of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing six panels of Heraldic symbols of the three Kingdoms

Citrus sp. orange
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Citrus sp. orange

Spinacia oleracea, spinach
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of spianch (Spinacia oleracea), artificially coloured by computer

Flower from the Orchidaceae family
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing an unknown flower of the Orchidaceae family

Decorative border from ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative borders from the ceiling panels on the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall

Solanum sp. tomato
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a tomato (Solanum sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Cathartes aura, turkey-vulture
Feathers from a turkey-vulture (Cathartes aura). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Leaf pattern
A photograph of the decorative leaf pattern panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and first opened on Easter Monday 1881

Trochus niloticus, top shell
A pair of top shells (Trochus niloticus). Top shells are herbivorous marine gastropods, they occur throughout the Indo-Pacific

Decorative border from ceiling panels
A photograph of one of the decorative borders of a ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall

Table salt
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of table salt, artificially coloured by computer

The Natural History Museums Central Hall
The structure and decoration of Waterhouses Museum beautifully complement each other. The museum was designed by Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) and first opened on Easter Monday 1881

Table salt
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of table salt, artificially coloured by computer

Vitis vinifera, grape
A photograph of six of decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall showing Vitis vinifera, grape

Oats
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of oats, artificially coloured by computer

Hirundo sp. swallow
A photograph of one of the many animals deaturing in the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall

Bird from decorative ceiling panel
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing a bird painted in gold

Piper ribesioides, pepper
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Piper ribesioides, pepper from Asia

Aloe sp. aloes
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Aloe sp. aloes

Pothos glaucus
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Pothos glaucus, common name unknown, from Asia

Vitis sp. red grape
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a red grape (Vitis sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Equus burchelli, Burchells zebra
The striped skin of a stuffed Burchells zebra specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Theobroma cacao, cacao
A photograph of six of decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall showing Theobroma cacao, cacao

Solanum sp. tomato seed
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a tomato seed (Solanum sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Dendrobium densiflora, orchid
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Dendrobium densiflora, orchid from Asia

Curcuma sp. turmeric
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Curcuma sp. turmeric from Asia

Isastraea oblonga, polished coral
Isastraea oblonga (Fleming). From the Jurassic period, Portlandian, Upper Beds, Tisbury, Wiltshire

Quassia amara, quassia
A photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Quassia amara

Mud volcanoes vent, Baku 1992
Mud volcano vent, Baku peninsula, Azerbaijan, 1992

Spessartine comprises of (manganese aluminum silicate) and is found in metamorphic environments

Syringopora reticulata (Goldfuss), coral
A coral dating from the Carboniferous Limestone c.354-327 million years old. Kendal, Westmorland

Troides haliphron, birdwing butterfly
Digital image of the underside of a mounted specimen of a female birdwing butterfly (Troides haliphron) from the family Papilionidae

Velcro
A trademarked name for a fastening tape made up of a strip of nylon with a surface of minute hooks, that fasten to another strip with a surface of uncut pile. A SEM image

Nostoc sp
A cyanobacterium. Members of this genus occur frequently in lichens, especially those in wet habitats

Capsicum sp. pepper
A basket of peppers showing the huge variety in size, shape and colour of Capsicum

Cells on glass
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of cells on glass (x 2K)

Gloripallium pallium, glory scallop
Detail of shell ribs on the glory scallop shell (Gloripallium pallium)

Jerwood Gallery terracotta
1999 restoration of the Jerwood Gallery terracotta

Metatorbernite
A specimen of the mineral metatorbernite which contains uranium, copper and phosphorus. It is also radioactive

Manganite (manganese oxide hydroxide), characterized by short prismatic crystals. This specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London

Wardite is comprised of hydrated sodium aluminum phosphate hydroxide. This bright green specimen has been deposited in variscite nodules

Opal

Wood tin, variety of cassiterite
Dark-brown banded aggregates of cassiterite intergrown with white quartz and black tourmaline. Cassiterite comprises of (tin oxide). This polished specimen is from West Kitty mine, St. Agnes, Cornwall

Uintacrinus, stemless crinoid
A black and white photograph of a stemless crinoid, which dates from the Cretaceous. Crinoids have five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disc

Goethite comprises of hydrated iron oxide. Picture shows radiating bands within the disc-shaped crystals. This specimen is displayed at the Natural History Museum, London

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