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| How I made simple one bar specs... The Research |
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| By date 1400 - 1500 | 1500 - 1600 | 1600 - 1700 |
1500 - 1600 |
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1500's bone rivet frames
This style and manufacture of frame can be seen on nearly identical items from nearly every period until the 1900's. A version in amber with darkened lenses is found in Spectacles, Lorgnettes and Monocles by DC Davidson |
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16th century replica leather spectacle frames |
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1500 - 1600 German leather rims
Although leather frames were massed produced in Germany at this time, especially from 1550 to 1700 - they purposely did not find use in England.
"we do know they (leather frames) were made in London and that they were met with hot resistance from the elder freeman of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers. This company administered the law and imposed fines on people making or selling leather frames, empty or glazed." [1]
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