Spectacles and Embroidered Spectacle Cases from China in the Náprstek Museum

Pages	103–120
DOI	10.2478/anpm-2019-0007
Keywords	Chinese Culture, late Qing, dress accessories, spectacles, Náprstek Museum, museum collections
Type of Article	Materialia
Citation	HEROLDOVÁ, Helena. Spectacles and Embroidered Spectacle Cases from China in the Náprstek Museum. Annals of the Náprstek Museum. Prague: National Museum, 2019, 40(1), 103–120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/anpm-2019-0007. ISSN 0231-844X (print), 2533-5685 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aotnpm/40-1/spectacles-and-embroidered-spectacle-cases-from-china-in-the-naprstek-museum

Annals of the Náprstek Museum | 2019/40/1

Spectacles from China appear in many museum collections, and they are popular collectibles in private collections. The collection of ten spectacles and their cases in the Naprstek Museum in Prague shows its technological and material development from the pince-nez type in the second half of the 19th century to early 20th century tortoiseshell and plastic spectacles. As signs of learning, these different types of spectacles and their cases show their social context and meaning in Chinese society during the transition period from the traditional to the modern era.

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