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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
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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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