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Morwen Gaia women's spectacle frame

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Catalogue Number: 4248
Morwen Gaia women's spectacle frame
Category: Spectacles and lenses
Sub-Category: Spectacle frame
Designer/inventor: Giacomelli, Renato
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c. 1980s
Time Period: 1940 to 1999
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: La Spezia, Italy
Publisher/Manufacturer: Morwen
Description Of Item: Large, deep, amber coloured handmade acetate frame with brown tinting on inside of rim and in etched line across saddle bridge. 'Giacomelli by Morwen' marked on inside of right side with '28' stamped on right temple tip. 'MORWEN GAIA 54-18' on left side. Designer's logo made up of the letters G and i fused into one symbol and crescent shape on decorative gold coloured metal in sides of the frame. Unglazed. 135 x 55 mm.
How Acquired: Donated by Elizabeth Hatfield
Date Acquired: 23/10/2017
Condition: Very good
Location: Documents Room Blue Daytona Cabinet Drawer 1

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