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Spectacles

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black, leather, oval case with rounded edges, scratched and worn. Gold-colored metal glasses with green lenses, oval in shape. The frames are gold-colored metal, with a hinge at the top of the temples. The glasses have a small nose bridge. A temple is separate from the rest of the glasses, to the left. Another temple and part of the frame are separate, on the right. The glasses are positioned below the case. The title of the image is "Spectacles".

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
horn, leather
Culture
Italian
Dimensions
599 × 569 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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