Victoria and Albert Museum
The world’s greatest museum of art and design
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10.00 to 17.45 daily
10.00 to 22.00 Fridays
Oliver Goldsmith Eyewear (2)
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an important collection of eyewear designed and produced by the British firm Oliver Goldsmith. This collection of over 70 frames represents 60 years of eyewear design from the 1930s to the 1980s.
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Goldsmith portrait
Portrait of Philip Oliver Goldsmith
Portrait of Philip Oliver Goldsmith
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Mobile eyewear showroom
Philip Oliver Goldsmith with the mobile eyewear showroom he operated for Raphaels
Philip Oliver Goldsmith with the mobile eyewear showroom he operated for Raphaels
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Raphael's shopfront
Photograph of the facade of Raphaels, a London optical firm which employed Philip Oliver Goldsmith before he founded his own firm
Photograph of the façade of Raphael's, a London optical firm which employed Philip Oliver Goldsmith before he founded his own firm
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'All About Tortoiseshell' book
The cover and page 1 and 2 of All About Tortoiseshell, a promotional booklet published by Philip Oliver Goldsmith in the late 1920s
The cover and page 1 and 2 of 'All About Tortoiseshell', a promotional booklet publissed by Philip Oliver Goldsmith in the late 1920s
