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Sunglasses - Noseguard

Noseguard

  • Object:

    Sunglasses

  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (made)

  • Date:

    1970 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Moulded plastic

  • Credit Line:

    Given by A. Oliver Goldsmith, in memory of his father, Charles Oliver Goldsmith

  • Museum number:

    T.245-1990

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

Philip Oliver Goldsmith, a salesman for a small optical firm, founded his eyewear company in London in 1926. In 1935 his son Charles Goldsmith entered the firm with the aim of making glasses a fashion item. From the company’s offices in Poland Street, his sons A. Oliver and Ray Goldsmith built upon the company’s reputation for attention-grabbing designs and solicited celebrity endorsement for their products. Key clients included Lord Snowdon, the actress Diana Dors, Princess Grace of Monaco and Diana, Princess of Wales.

A. Oliver Goldsmith created this shield-like design in 1970.

Physical description

Semi-clear tinted plastic sunglasses moulded with a nose shield and lenses all-in-one, and with hinged co-ordinating semi-clear tinted plastic arms.

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (made)

Date

1970 (made)

Artist/maker

Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Moulded plastic

Dimensions

Height: 7 cm, Width: 14 cm

Object history note

Registered File number 1990/200.
These glasses form part of a design archive of the British eyewear company Oliver Goldsmith. The archive, which consists of approximately 70 glasses frames from the 1930s to the late 1980s, was donated by A. Oliver Goldsmith, grandson of the founder, and former chief designer at the firm. A. Oliver Goldsmith donated the material to the V & A in memory of his father Charles Goldsmith.

Descriptive line

Moulded plastic sunglasses with a nose shield 'Noseguard', made by Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear, Great Britain, 1970

Materials

Plastic

Techniques

Moulded

Categories

Fashion; Accessories; Plastic

Production Type

Ready to wear

Collection code

T&F

Qr_O139810
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