- to wear in public. Over time,
lorgnettes came to be used as
decoration rather than for
practical purposes.
Lorgnettes were
valued for
features such as...
-
formerly located in Paris, with the name Musée
Pierre Marly -
Lunettes et
Lorgnettes. The
museum was
created by
Pierre Marly,
optician to
crowned heads, public...
- The
Lorgnette,
subtitled "Theatrical
Journal and Programme" (later "A
journal for Amu****ts"), was a w****ly
magazine in Melbourne, Australia, devoted...
-
modern opera gl****es of the
ornamental variety is
based on the po****r
lorgnettes of the 19th century. Often,
modern theatre binoculars are
equipped with...
- at
Oxford University accidentally broke off the
handle from a pair of
lorgnette spectacles and
reputedly affixed two
small nose-pads to the
frame and...
-
Barreau de
Paris Musée Grévin –
Forum des
Halles Musée des
Lunettes et
Lorgnettes Pierre Marly Palais Royal Hôtel de Vendôme Hôtel de
Rambouillet (former...
-
medieval spectacles,
bourgeois lorgnettes,
walking sticks with
optical systems,
French actress Sarah Bernhardt's
lorgnettes, the
daughter of
Louis XV's [Victoire...
-
monocle in
being held to one's eye with a
handle in a
fashion similar to a
lorgnette,
rather than
being held in
place by the eye
socket itself.
There are three...
- La
Lorgnette (foaled 1982 in Ontario) is a
Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. A
giant sized filly at 17.1 hands, she was bred and
raced by E. P...
- the
Roman Catholic and Anglo-Catholic
churches Musée des
Lunettes et
Lorgnettes Pierre Marly, a
museum of eyegl****es in
Paris Lunula (disambiguation)...
