Sunglasses and Case

Object Name: 
Sunglasses and Case

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Object Name: 
Sunglasses and Case
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
95.4.350
Dimensions: 
(a) H: 6.4 cm, W: 11.2 cm; (b) H: 4 cm, W: 1.2 cm, L: 17.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1890-1910
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Janet B. Hoffman in memory of Dr. Parker Hoffman
Primary Description: 
Dark 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: 
Hoffman, Janet B., Source