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Prototype for Mary Quant ladies spectacles
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Piave; Redfern, Mavis
Europe:
1970s?
plastic
2014.226
SPECTACLES
spectacles
Piave; Redfern, Mavis
Europe:
1970s?
plastic
Prototype ladies spectacle frame as supplied by manufacturer and modified by designer. Semi-transparent crystal plastic frame with blackening of outer rims and half of sides. Flat-section regular key hole bridge with only slightest thickening of nasal area. Shallow lugs with embedded centre joints. Curving drop-end sides with rounded tips. Metallic floral motifs attached to outer sides near joints (but note these are not pin covers). Round eye rims, unglazed.
2014.226
Gift of Mr David Redfern, 2014