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info Tart Optical were an American firm started by Julius Tart in NY in the mid-1940s. They were relatively successful but didn't reach the heights of other US giant brands like Bausch & Lomb, Shuron or American Optical. They closed - like many optical firms across the world that we have mentioned on these pages - in the 1980s. However their legacy has been strengthened by the fact that a certain James Dean decided to wear one of their frames, the Arnel. Retrospectively, this has given Tart cult status, so much so that when Julius Tart died in 2008, the brand and all the past patents and designs were swiftly bought up by a Los Angeles vintage eyewear dealer and Tart Optical Enterprises was reborn. They began remaking all of Tart's most iconic designs, starting with the Arnel. You can go to their pages and read how it was first designed in the late 1940s, but this pair looks to be about 10 years later. Our pair is in the larger size, very difficult to find anywhere today, 46[]22 - and benefits from the longer temples. You can spend less for a new one - made in Italy - but why would you when you could buy a very collectible original here - made in USA. — klasik |
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product code : k8246 : £ 695 1950s black plastic frame stamped with Tart (TOE shield) logo KlasikVintageEyewearKlasik Can be glazed with Rx or sunglasses lenses. condition lenses : n/a frame : very good fit : very good size face : 128mm lens width : 46mm (marked on frame) lens height : 39mm bridge : 22mm (marked on frame) arms : 150mm (6" marked on frame) |
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