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Optician's chair & British Refracting Unit
FURNITURE
chair; refracting unit
Calthorpe (maker); Ellis Optical Co (maker)
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Surrey, Croydon
c.1933
metal; chrome; vinyl
approx.: 1580 x 660 mm

Adjustable chair. Hydraulic pump action. Foot-pump operated. Heavy round base. Metal frame covered in black vinyl with padded armrests. Twin round headrests. Attached high stand bearing British Refracting Unit in cream-coloured metal. B.R.U. comprising suspending arm. Lever control adjustment, spirit level, +/- spherical lens batteries, +/- cylindrical lens batteries, cylindrical axis control lever, auxiliary lenses and discs including Maddox rods, crossed-cylinders, Risley Rotary prisms.


1999.9

Gift of Mr Bernard Miles, 1999



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