Why the anonymous and everyday objects are important: using the Science Museum’s collections to re-write the history of vision aids
The history of nineteenth-century spectacles and eyeglasses is unusual in the extent to which it has incorporated objects and material evidence. However, both collectors and historians have favoured the pristine object or the object with noteworthy providence at the expense of more utilitarian frame...
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Science Museum, London
2020-05-01
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| Series: | Science Museum Group Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/browse/issue-13/the-history-of-vision-aids/ |