Chevalier enameled opera glasses
notes: label: Description
content: This is a brass instrument with pearl on the center focus and eyecups, and enamel scenery on the barrels and handle. The barrels are flared. The objective lenses are 25 mm in diameter. The length is 4 cm closed. The text on one eyetube reads “Mme du Dr / Chevalier” and the other “27 Rue de l’Opera / Paris.”
label: Description
content: The scene on one barrel shows a well-dressed man of the late 18th century holding opera glasses of this sort, looking at the other barrel where a similarly attired woman sits reading on a bench.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Optics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mary Maxwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.368811
label: catalog number
content: 368811
label: accession number
content: 133594
objectType: label: Object Name
content: opera glasses
label: Object Type
content: opera glasses
label: Other Terms
content: opera glasses; Accessories Carried; Female