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1290
Eye Glasses 1290
The first eyeglasses were created in Northern Italia, probably in metropolis, by regarding 1290: terribly} very sermon delivered on twenty 3 New Style calendar month 1306, the Dominican spiritual Giordano prosecuting officer metropolis (ca. 1255–1311) wrote "It is not but twenty years since there was found the art of making eyeglasses, that bring sensible vision. -
1400
Eye glasses 1400
Eye glasses that used concave lenses to correct nearsightedness were invented in the 1400's. They were made by Guggenheim -
Eye glasses 1600
The first of many small improvement that would make the glasses we have today. Glasses with arms that made the glasses more comfortable to wear were invented in the 1600's. they were made by -
Eye Glasses 1700
In the 1700s, eyeglasses were made by hand. The century's most important contributions to eyeglasses were the invention of side or temple pieces that rest over the ear (first advertised in 1728) and bifocals, invented by Benjamin Franklin, in 1784. -
Eye Glasses 1706
Bifocalsbifocal was an extremely important invention in the history of eyeglasses. -
Eye Glasses 1830
In 1830, a French manufacturer designed a hinged bridge with a spring, which allowed the eyeglasses to be folded. Lorgnettes became so popular during the mid to late 1800s that manufacturers placed them into all manner of objects including mechanical pencils, fans and even an ear trumpet. -
Eye Glasses 1900
The 1900s saw eyeglasses become an industry of their own, complete with manufacturing and distribution networks. Styles quickly changed in this century as Hollywood and celebrities began to influence fashion and new materials became available, especially plastics. -
Eye Glasses 1920
As the 19th Century came to a close, more and more people wore their eyeglasses everyday. A popular style of inexpensive, everyday spectacles was the pince-nez. French for "pinch nose," the pince-nez was first developed in France circa 1840 and began to be imported to America after the 1850s. -
Eye Glasses 1970
By the latter half of the 20th century, spectacles were considered part of a person's wardrobe. Similar to clothes, eyeglasses needed to be continually updated or a person could be perceived as old-fashioned. More and more celebrities were influencing spectacle fashion, for example, in the 1970s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis helped to popularize oversized lenses. -
The Eye Glasses 2000-beyond
The years have made more change there are lots and lots of styles because you can choose the eyeglasses however you want what decorations colors etc.