Interesting Topics Under Development

Decorated tile representing the month of September, as part of a larger panel, Spanish, early 17th century, Fronteira Palace

Horn-framed small polyhedron lens with original case, tinted green, 2nd half 17th century

At the Concert 1896, created by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, zincograph, small scale poster, San Diego Museum of Art. Unique.

Gilded brass lorgnette, turn of the 20th century, Friedenwald-Romano Library, Wilmer Eye Institute

Rienk Jelgerhuis (1729-1806) self-portrait at the age of 62, evidently completed in 1791, from Wikipedia

These are subjects which are important to the larger field of antique optical aids. Would you like to join other museums and advanced collectors regarding any of these select future topics? Images and information are being gathered in order to present each of these to our online visitors. If you have any suggestions, comments, or contributions please contact drdavid@antiquespectacles.com.

• Anamorphic Art
• Masterpiece Spectacles and Their Historical Significance
• Contact Lens Development
• The single lens-monocles, magnifiers, quizzers
• Leather-Framed Spectacles
• Early American President’s and their Eyewear - through Lincoln
• Early Grinding and Polishing
• Very Early Glass – those Legends
• The McAllister Family and it’s Contributions to the Optical Field
• Eyebaths
• Advertisements
• Magnifiers, Quizzers, Monocles
• Opera glasses
• Earliest Known Examples
• Early Microscopes
• Early Eye Testing Instruments
• That wonderful moment in 1286 (as from a historical novel)
• Human Interest Stories - With and Without Spectacles Present
• Global Connections – Olympics of Innovation
• Colored Lenses – Why and when
• Ophthalmic Quackery
• The Social Impact of the Invention of Spectacles from 1290 to 1700

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