Spectacles: Utility Article and Cult Object

by B . Michael Andressen (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1998

  $7.80

  This publication traces the history of spectacles from the fifties to present, illustrated with numerous photographs, contemporary promotional pictures and fashion shots, stories, charts and concise text.The influence of the prevailing zeitgeist on spectacle design is of special importance; this becomes obvious in the many models of Italian, German, French, American and English designers and manufacturers. An intriguingly designed lifestyle book.