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info The story of Optyl starts with Wilhelm Anger in Austria at the end of WW2, with his father, brother Anton and sister Anneliese producing eyewear in Traun. By 1955 they were exporting to the world and half of Austria were wearing Anger. Experimenting with plastics from 1953, Anger invented and patented the material Optyl in 1964. These eyewear pioneers evolved, diversified and innovated - from their own Carerra and Viennaline ranges to buying the Christian Dior licence from Tura in 1966, to bringing in international designers as their business became a global brand. Those designers included Udo Proksch from art school in Austria, and Sweden's first eyewear designer Hans Ingvar Lindkvist, who worked for Anger from 1969, via designing for English firm Raphael's (Wiseman) in 1967 as 'Hans of Sweden'. Viennaline Royal was an exclusive range for men from Lindkvist for the Optyl Group, and as German designer Otto Huckenbeck was responsible for Viennaline, Lindkvist credits him too in the collection he bequeathed - now at the Nordic Museum Sweden. In this promotional material there are three similar "elegant" men's frames and note that Optyl had offices in Stockholm. Lindkvist worked for the Optyl Group for nine years and also created the boutique Cobra line and some of the early men's styles for Christian Dior. This frame is a great angular shape - it is the pair on right in advert - and perhaps the boldest in the range with the deep sides with cut facets. These came in different colours, the ones we've seen have been similar to this: not quite translucent nor solid, but a cloudy shade, this one a mid-brown. Viennaline Royal was a premiere range for men in this new material and we are pleased to be able to credit this illustrious Swedish designer for his substantial contribution to eyewear, and especially to the Optyl legend. — klasik |
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product code : k8265 : £ 185 1970s brown optyl frame marked VIENNALINE ROYAL KlasikVintageEyewearKlasik Can be glazed with Rx or sunglasses lenses. condition lenses : n/a frame : good fit : very good size face : 143mm lens width : 54mm lens height : 46mm bridge : 22mm arms : 135mm (marked on frame) |
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