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sunglasses; sunglasses case
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Europe: France
c.1984-1991
plastic; glass; leather; synthetic fabric; metal
eye: 44 mm; overall front: 143 mm; side: 135 mm
Sunglasses with interchangeable lenses. Unusually wide-look plastic (imitation tortoiseshell) half-frame with keyhole bridge and thick horizontal lugs. Embedded high joints. Reinforced and tapering drop-end sides. Rims with upper slot permitting insertion of a fully round rimless green-tinted sun lens, part of the lens protruding above the browline. Together with an Italian-made black soft leather wallet-type case with press stud fastening and compartments for storage of three lenses. Also a blue fabric cloth with jagged edges.
2021.560
Gift of Miss Laura Devine in memory of her brother Henry Devine, 2021