Spectacles and Embroidered Spectacle Cases from China in the Náprstek Museum

Stránky	103–120
DOI	10.2478/anpm-2019-0007
Klíčová slova	Chinese Culture, late Qing, dress accessories, spectacles, Náprstek Museum, museum collections
Typ článku	Materialia
Citace	HEROLDOVÁ, Helena. Spectacles and Embroidered Spectacle Cases from China in the Náprstek Museum. Annals of the Náprstek Museum. Praha: Národní muzeum, 2019, 40(1), 103–120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/anpm-2019-0007. ISSN 0231-844X (print), 2533-5685 (online). Dostupné také z: https://publikace.nm.cz/periodicke-publikace/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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