Spectacles
date: label: date made
content: ca 1955
label: date made
content: ca 1960
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This pair of Harlequin-shaped eyeglasses dates from about 1960. The frame is made from 12KT white gold and has a black enamel-like design on the rim and temples. The Ultex bifocal lenses are made each from one piece of ground glass. The nose pads and earpieces are covered in plastic. By the mid-twentieth century, the variety of styles, colors, and materials for eyewear had become limitless.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Eyeglasses
label: Subject
content: Ophthalmology
label: Subject
content: Education
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eric P. Muth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0140.417
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0140.417
label: accession number
content: 1984.0140
objectType: label: Object Name
content: spectacles
label: Object Name
content: eyeglasses
label: Other Terms
content: spectacles; Vision Aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold, white (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: extended: 3.6 cm x 14.3 cm x 12.5 cm; 1 7/16 in x 5 5/8 in x 4 15/16 in