As Seen In – 1837 sunglasses

Posted on 2019-02-07 by Jonathan

This painting of Nathanial Olds was done in 1837 by Jeptha Homer Wade and is in the Cleveland Art Museum. Olds is wearing shaded glasses, similar to this pair I recently found online:

About Jonathan

Jonathan Walford is a fashion historian and co-founder of the Fashion History Museum in Cambridge, Ontario. The FHM maintains a collection of nearly 12,000 artifacts dating from the mid 17th century to the present. Jonathan has authored various books and museum catalogues, including The Seductive Shoe, Shoes A-Z, Forties Fashion, 1950s American Fashion, and Sixties Fashion.
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2 Responses to As Seen In – 1837 sunglasses

  1. The Widow Badass says:
    2019-02-07 at 2:50 pm

    They’re kinda cool-looking.

    Deb

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