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sunglasses

Object NameSunglasses and Case

Made Fromlead glass, steel, paper

Date1890-1910

Place MadeUnited States

Technique(a) lenses cast, ground, polished, assembled

Size(a) H: 6.4 cm, W: 11.2 cm; (b) H: 4 cm, W: 1.2 cm, L: 17.6 cm

Accession Number95.4.350

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Janet B. Hoffman in memory of Dr. Parker Hoffman

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionDark gray lead glass, steel; (b) paper, cardboard; lenses cast, ground, polished, assembled, (b) molded, assembled. (a) Flat oval lenses rimmed with steel, soldered to a simple arched bridge, hinged to curved steel wire legs ending in a solid teardrop. (b) Long rectangular molded cardboard case covered with imitation leather and lined with reddish paper, rounded at one end and open at the other.

Provenance

Source Janet B. Hoffman