Mod Style Samuel spectacles
 Catalogue Number: 1588 Mod Style Samuel spectacles Category: Spectacles and lenses Sub-Category: Spectacle frame Year Of Publication/Manufacture: c 1980 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Japan Publisher/Manufacturer: Mod Style Description Of Item: Mens' brown half tone library frame in acetate, saddle bridge, concealed joints, glazed with approx. +5 D single vision CR30 lenses, right side designated 'Brown 50 x 18 L side designated 'Mod-style Samuel'. 130 x 45 mm. Historical Significance: Mod Style is an Australian optical frames importing and wholesale business established in 1981 and acquired and now operated by the Brotherhood of St Laurence since 2000. This frame is typical of a widely used men's style of spectacle frame in the 1970s and 1980s with utilitarian rather than fashion styling How Acquired: Donated by ACO Clinic Date Acquired: Sept 2010 Condition: Very good Location: Archive Office. Spectacles cabinet Drawer 14 |