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info A wonderful 'cat-eye' frame from the 1960's when eyeshapes were slinkier and more elongated. The 1950's are often cited as the cat-eye optical years but they really are the next decade, with shallower eyepieces that curve up and out to those points - here adorned with a sprinkling of coloured rhinestones and tiny brass studs, surrounding star-headed hinge pins. The multi-coloured stones - called then 'Aurora Borealis' - and the studs have been set into the acetate and have been chosen to compliment the unusual acetate: a banded two-tone with a pale grey colour a layer over the darker mink. We are not 100% sure who the 'BR' is in the gold fancy script in a horizontal lozenge, stamped inside each temple of this fabulous frame. It may be the firm of B. Robinson of New York who have quite some heritage, starting in 1926 with founder Benjamin Robinson. They are still going today so perhaps they may contact us. We would love to know more about whoever 'BR' may be, after finding this frame. — klasik |
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product code : k8434 : £ 145 1960s two-tone banded pale grey and bronze plastic frame marked, BR KlasikVintageEyewearKlasik Can be glazed with Rx or sunglasses lenses. condition lenses : n/a frame : good fit : very good size face : 126mm lens width : 46mm (marked on frame) lens height : 32mm bridge : 22mm arms : 135mm |
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