Browline
The frame with a heavy upper rim that follows the eyebrows and a thin wire below.
Shuron’s Ronsir of 1947 combined the strength and colour of plastic with the lightness of metal. The upper part strengthened the face’s expression, and the lower part was almost invisible.
It was the most common men’s frame in the United States in the 1950s and was worn by Malcolm X. The form has returned several times and is still made.
Materials: Acetate and metal
Manufacture: Made by Shuron in Geneva, New York, from 1947 as the Ronsir model; later by many others.
The heavy plastic upper part following the eyebrows.
The thin metal wire holding the lenses below.
The metal bridge between the lenses.