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SPECTACLES
spectacles
Kirk Originals; Premier Optical; LA/ES Laminati Estrusi Termoplastici S.p.a.
Europe: United Kingdom, England, Essex, Clacton-on-Sea
c.1996
plastic (cellulose acetate)
Spectacles from the Acetate Collection (the first Kirk Originals optical collection). Dark olive green plastic frame. Narrow, bowed pad bridge. Vertically straight lugs with triple charnier centre joints, vertically pinned to front and horizontally pinned to sides, with two-part lozenge-shaped decorative pin covers. Drop-end sides with inset oval panels on inner surfaces for model and brand name respectively. Shallow oval eye rims, glazed with plastic lenses.
2022.381
Gift of Mrs Esme Kirk in memory of Neville Kirk FCOptom, 2013