COLOR:
Light Demi blonde tortoiseshell
ERA & STYLE:
Unique 1950s French design and manufacture
WOW FACTOR:
A very rare French made frame in a beautiful 6mm thick tortoise shell with seamless front to temple meetings. The pinnacle of tortoise shell craftsmanship.
FINISH:
Polished Finish
SIZE:
44 mm lens 20mm bridge, 142mm temple length, 140mm width
WEIGHT:
36.4
Why blonde?
On rare occasions, tortoiseshell does not show the characteristic dark brown coloured areas caused by concentrations of melanin (an organic pigment) and appears light orange in color. This is because the scutes were not taken from the dorsal but rather from the ventral carapace of the animal, technically known as plastron. Plastron is much thinner than the dorsal plaques and in order to make it workable, it had to be bonded together as laminated plaques taking advantage their thermoplastic properties until a suitable thickness is achieved. Their yellowish to orange colour is behind its old English trade name "blond tortoiseshell" or "yellow belly".
COLOR:
Light Demi blonde tortoiseshell
ERA & STYLE:
Unique 1950s French design and manufacture
WOW FACTOR:
A very rare French made frame in a beautiful 6mm thick tortoise shell with seamless front to temple meetings. The pinnacle of tortoise shell craftsmanship.
FINISH:
Polished Finish
SIZE:
44 mm lens 20mm bridge, 142mm temple length, 140mm width
WEIGHT:
36.4
Why blonde?
On rare occasions, tortoiseshell does not show the characteristic dark brown coloured areas caused by concentrations of melanin (an organic pigment) and appears light orange in color. This is because the scutes were not taken from the dorsal but rather from the ventral carapace of the animal, technically known as plastron. Plastron is much thinner than the dorsal plaques and in order to make it workable, it had to be bonded together as laminated plaques taking advantage their thermoplastic properties until a suitable thickness is achieved. Their yellowish to orange colour is behind its old English trade name "blond tortoiseshell" or "yellow belly".
