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'Optical Filtrant' sunglasses
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sunglasses
Europe: France
Mid-Late 20th c.
plastic; metal; paper
DBL: 23 mm; eye: 24 mm x 53 mm; side: 120 mm

Sunglasses. Thick and rounded light brown mottled plastic (imitation tortoiseshell) frame. Flat-fronted bridge. Integral (but clear) nose pads. Wraparound front with four charnier (seven barrel) metal centre joints, vertically pinned to front and sides. Sharply tapering drop end sides with scooped-out inner surfaces. Wide but shalloweye-rims, glazed with dark grey-tinted sun lenses. Left lens bears a red, white and blue paper sticker in the shape of a shield, printed in English.


2022.344

Gift of Mr Richard Fowle FCOptom, 2015



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