
pince-nez
Sign in to saveupright|thumb|Anton Chekhov with pince-nez, 1903
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It sits within the topics 1840s fashion, 19th-century fashion and Corrective lenses.
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upright|thumb|Anton Chekhov with pince-nez, 1903
Pince-nez (, , or , plural form same as singular; ) is a style of glasses, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that are supported without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose. The name comes from French ('to pinch') and ('nose').
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pince-nez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.