Curating Cambridge is a new website showcasing unique and intriguing gifts inspired by the diverse collections of the University of Cambridge. We’re giving away a stylish Tayloria deckchair, featuring an unusual design taken from the teaching charts of John Stevens Henslow, professor of botany at the University of Cambridge between 1825 and 1861. The fabric depicts the microscopic details of flora such as lichen and moss, which – although produced almost 200 years ago – are surprisingly modern in their bold use of line, colour and text. The Whipple Museum of the History of Science holds over 100 of Henslow’s botanical charts within its collection.
