Jacques Lemaire Opera Glasses
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1925
notes: label: Description
content: This is a brass instrument with pearl on the barrels, eyecups, and center focus. The barrels are flared, with ornate brass at top and bottom. The objective lenses are 35 mm in diameter. The length is 6 cm closed. Each eyecup is marked “LEMAIRE FT * PARIS *.”
label: Description
content: Jacques Lemaire began making opera glasses in 1847 and was soon a major manufacturer known for his use of mechanization, division of labor and interchangeable parts.
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: Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.200122.1442
label: catalog number
content: 200122.1442
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: opera glasses
label: Object Type
content: opera glasses
label: Other Terms
content: opera glasses; Opticals; Accessories Carried; Female
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shell, mother-of-pearl (overall material)