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VINTAGE MOTHER OF PEARL ABALONE LEMAIRE DOUBLE WALLED BINOCULARS OPERA GLASSES
THIS IS A FABULOUS HANDMADE CUSTOM MADE STEAMPUNK DIESELPUNK CYBERPUNK, MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, VICTORIAN, EDWARDIAN, COSPLAY, COSTUME, HALLOWEEN, SDCC, COMIC CON… . BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE DOUBLE CASING MOTHER OF PEARL MOP ABALONE BINOCULARS FROM LEMAIRE PARIS WITH GOLD TRIM AND BRASS CLOCK WATCH GEAR5 ARM....GOLD HEAVY CHAIN WITH BRASS CLASP....#3536THEY MEASURE 4" WIDE X 2.5" TALL X 1.75" DEEP AND CHAIN MEASURES 8" FROM CENTER OF CHAIN INCLUDING CLASP
MORE ABOUT LEMAIRE:
"The firm was begun in 1846 in Paris, rue Oberkampf. 22 & 26 by Armand Lemaire. They produced a variety of optical apparatus including binoculars. The French term for binoculars is ''jumelles'' or twin girls. The Lemaire firm worked until 1955. Lemaire exported his goods all over the world.
Armand Lemaire died in 1885 and his son in law Jean Baptiste Baille took over the running of the firm now called the Baille Lemaire group.
As an aspiring entrepreneur Baille set up a factory in the Essonne at Crosne. But the endeavour w