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product code : k8350 :
£ 105
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Edwardian gold metal frame, unmarked
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Can be glazed with
Rx or
sunglasses lenses.
condition
size
other info
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This frame looks to be made in the early Edwardian period
although the style was made from the last part of the
18th century. It is known as the Riding Bow frame as the
cable temples would help keep the frame on when riding a
horse. Of course, when cars became popular after WW1,
this style became less necessary and gradually disappeared.
We're not sure of the exact make up of the frame, but it
definitely has some gold in it - although not marked as such
- hence it has remained uncorroded after all these years.
NB: these frames were meant to be small as they were
intended to frame the eyes, not the face as frames do
today. But it is a size that would fit men or women, slightly
larger than the Aluminica frame below. Also, both these
models probably intended as Reading frames, worn further
down the nose, hence the accommodating bridge size
— klasik
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