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Bespoke spectacles for Neil Handley
SPECTACLES
spectacles; spectacles case; drawing
TD Tom Davies
Europe: United Kingdom
May 2010
plastic; metal; paper
DBL: 19 mm; eye: 49 mm

Handmade spectacles. Dark brown plastic and white metal combination frame. Straight bridge with separate clear plastic oval pads attached to inner rims. One-piece browline acetate hood with high, tapering lugs, sanded to a rough 'matt scratch' finish. Metal-to-metal TD pressure joints. Reinforced drop-end sides, the right side deliberately made longer than the left. Rectangular white metal rims, glazed with prescription lenses. Together with a contemporary black leather collapsible spectacle case and beige cleaning cloth. Also the original computer-aided design drawing and a black presentation envelope.


2015.543

Gift of Mr Neil Handley, 2015



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