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Sample sunglasses No C40150
SPECTACLES
sunglasses
Kawamoto Optical Industrial Co., Ltd
Asia: Japan, Osaka
1970s?
plastic; paper; string
DBL: 15 mm; eye: 57 mm

Pair of sample sunglasses from a Japanese manufacturer. Brown translucent 'frosted' plastic frame. Narrow bridge with groove on upper outer surface. Integral nose pads. Narrow lugs supporting embedded centre joints, horizontally pinned to sides. Reinforced and sinuous drop-end sides. Wide eye rims with near-flattened upper rims, glazed with grey-tinted plastic sun lenses. Attached by string to an original manufacturer's sample identification tag, with handwritten specification.


2022.217

Gift of Mr Richard Fowle FCOptom, 2015



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