Spectacles

Object detail

Accession number

1969.364.3

Description

Spectacles with thin metal and wire framing. Dark tinted/coloured lenses. The left arm is snapped and broken. The right arm has a fine thread wound around it to pad against the ear. The glasses are stored in a rectangular cardboard case with rounded ends. The case has an alligator patterning and it comes apart in two pieces.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Cardboard
Processed Material/Paper
Processed Material/Metal
Processed Material/Glass

Credit Line

Spectacles, 1969.364.3. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Device, Vision Eyeglasses Spectacles Personal Artefacts Personal Gear Personal Assistive Artefacts

Collection type

Social History Domestic Technology Technology

Subject auto tags

Vision care Wood Rectangle Eyewear Eye glass accessory Font Pattern Circle Metal Fashion accessory

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