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product code : k8310 :
£ 225
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1960s wood-effect black plastic frame marked
DESIGNED BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH and PeeGee
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Can be glazed with
Rx or
sunglasses lenses.
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A rare 'Designed by Oliver Goldsmith' frame from the 1960s.
We have found the name 'Pee Gee' as a new trade name for
1966 but Pee Gee is also Paul Green Ltd, so we expect that
this British manufacturer made these for Oliver Goldsmith and
probably in 1966. A little later, Paul Green of Cumberland also
made the In Love frames for the couturier Norman Hartnell.
We have never seen another frame like this so our thoughts
are that it should be in a museum - probably alongside this not
dissimilarly-shaped,
small Cat Eye by A. Oliver Goldsmith, from
1966 and made in France - that is in the V&A Museum London.
A photograph of 'P. Oliver Goldsmith Ltd.' at an optical trade
show in 1966 reveals many similar shape cat-eye frames. We
hope Oliver Goldsmith doesn't mind us posting this photo, so
people can see his mid-60s designs. This wood-effect frame
is incredible and the hand-worked detail to give a natural effect
is extraordinary. It must have been very expensive to produce -
wood-effect was popular as it offered an organic and seductively
matte alternative to hard and shiny frames. The hand-texturing
is just on the outside front face and down the outside of the
arms, while the inside is silky smooth for contrast and to feel
comfortable against skin. The shape is really foxy too, curving
subtly to those outer edges which just kick up slightly and then
the jaunty angles around the nose. Black is always right and this
wow wood-effect adds depth and movement - like black velvet.
It is in good overall condition but being marked down a little due
to some age showing in the plastic, just on the inside of the right
temple, at the end or tip. A very rare piece of mid-60s eyewear
designed by the great Oliver Goldsmith here in England - and
made in England.
— klasik
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