Spectacles
Spectacles
- Description
- This pair of Harlequin-shaped eyeglasses dates from about 1960. The frame is made from 12KT white gold and has a black enamel-like design on the rim and temples. The Ultex bifocal lenses are made each from one piece of ground glass. The nose pads and earpieces are covered in plastic. By the mid-twentieth century, the variety of styles, colors, and materials for eyewear had become limitless.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1955
- ca 1960
- maker
- unknown
- Place Made
- United States
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- gold, white (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- black (overall color)
- yellow (overall color)
- Measurements
- extended: 3.6 cm x 14.3 cm x 12.5 cm; 1 7/16 in x 5 5/8 in x 4 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 1984.0140.417
- catalog number
- 1984.0140.417
- accession number
- 1984.0140
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eric P. Muth
- subject
- Eyeglasses
- Ophthalmology
- Education
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Artifact Walls exhibit
- Clothing & Accessories
- Health & Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
