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Ladies sunglasses
SPECTACLES
sunglasses
c.1960
plastic
eye: 50 mm

Ladies sunglasses. Black plastic 'Wayfarer'-type frame of decidely cheap construction, with multi-coloured geometric-shape decorative pattern on outer surface of front and sides (blue lines, orange triangles and green and purple quadrilateral shapes). Narrow, slightly bowed bridge with integral same-colour pads. Narrow lugs with high joints, pinned horizontally to the front with silver-coloured plastic (?) pin cover. Three-barrel plastic joint. Thick drop-end sides, with much more modern pink spectacle cord suspended from it. Large eyerims, glazed with dark grey-tinted sun lenses.


2019.151

Gift of Mr Brian Mitchell, 2010



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