Black Faceted Oval Sunglasses
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Black Sinuous Oval Acetate Sunglasses with Faceted Rim
An oval acetate frame with sinuous rims that change radius around the opening, lightly bevelled so a flat facet runs around each lens. Thin temples against a thick front.
Cut and bevelled by hand, which keeps the run short.
At the pavement table, mid-afternoon
A pavement table on a narrow street, coffee in front of you, the sun coming in low between two buildings. People pass within arm's length, which is the distance at which a frame is either a detail or an announcement. Three of them turn their heads before they are past the chair.
At that range the rim is the whole argument. It changes radius as it goes round the opening — thicker here, thinner there — and the bevel puts a flat facet all the way round the lens that takes light separately from the front. The face behind it reads composed rather than hidden, because the oval sits close. The second look confirms the first.
The couple at the next table lower their voices.
A rim that changes as it goes round
The front is oval acetate with sinuous rims that change radius around the opening rather than holding one thickness. They are lightly bevelled, so a flat facet runs around the lens and catches light separately from the front. The bridge is cut into the acetate in one piece.
The temples are thin against a thick front, each carrying a raised three-dimensional element behind the hinge that the fingers find before the eye does. It measures 55 mm across the lens with a 16 mm bridge and 145 mm temples, the narrow bridge suiting a lower nose bridge.
The shape, and the numbers on it
- Oval acetate front with sinuous, lightly bevelled rims
- A flat facet running around each lens
- A raised three-dimensional element behind each hinge
- 55 mm lens width, 16 mm bridge, 145 mm temples
- A solid dark tint rather than a gradient
- A case and a cleaning cloth with each pair
Two fronts, the same dark tint
Black and Creme are offered on the same front, both with a solid dark tint rather than a gradient, so the change between them is in the acetate and not the lens.
What travels with it
Order more than one and a complimentary gift is included in the same parcel, selected by us and added without charge.
| Piece | Sunglasses |
|---|---|
| Material | Acetate |
| Frame | Acetate |
| Rim profile | Sinuous rims that change radius around the opening |
| Facet | A flat facet runs around the lens |
| Temple detail | A raised three-dimensional element behind the hinge |
| Bridge | Cut into the acetate in one piece |
| Colours | black, creme |
A changing radius is cut, not pressed
A rim that changes radius around the opening has to be cut and bevelled rather than pressed to a single profile, and the facet has to be even all the way round or it shows. That keeps the runs small, with two finishes coming out of each. A return of the same run is not guaranteed.
Sold direct instead of through a shop floor, so what you pay goes into the cut rim and the facet. Fourteen days to send it back if the oval is not yours.
