Exceptional vintage glasses from the 60s 

from the famous Austrian house Viennaline (made in Austria)

NOS (=New Old Stock) glasses 

new grey crystal lenses with Viennaline brand engraved 

the size of the glasses: max width 145 mm, lens distance 21 mm, temple length 140 mm

Lens size: width 50mm and height 28mm

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A great and unmissable opportunity not to be missed

We put at your disposal valuable and rare vintage collectible product 100% original. The lenses are also original. as can be seen from the backlit photos. Vintage glasses may have small imperfections and/or deterioration that do not affect their value but rather guarantee their value given by the passing of time. Being an original new product from old stock, the originality is guaranteed but no guarantee is given against breakages and/or deterioration; they are sold with the formula “as is” , seen and liked. Some glasses may also have the price in Lire on the temple tips or lenses, further evidence of their originality and historical period.

The item will be shipped only upon receipt of payment and within 3 days of receipt of payment, it is sent in a traceable manner and the seller is not responsible for any disservices and/or errors and/or damages caused by the carrier.

Viennaline Vintage

The brand Vienna Line was created by Wilhelm Anger in the 1950s as a subsidiary of Anger OHG, which had already been active for a decade in the production of protective glasses for welders and created between the 1960s and 1990s acetate frames with a retro, elegant and unmistakable style.

The particular and colorful lines and the vintage taste of the framesVienna Line, were made famous thanks to the skill of designer Udo Proksch, also famous for having caused the explosion of a boat in 1977 to obtain insurance money and having been imprisoned for life for the consequent killing of 6 people.

At the time, Vienna was considered a hot spot on the European map; its excellent reputation as a city of culture, music and art was combined with its strategic position because it was close to the Soviet Union, therefore a place of espionage and intrigue; this climate of mystery and adventure was a great springboard for the brand's models.

By the early 1950s, Anger and Proksch had succeeded in transforming a factory producing glasses for workers into a manufacturer of some of the most elegant and luxurious glasses of the time. The Gigi models, of which around 15 million have been sold, and Alt-Wien are among the most popular of the house. In this case, as in many in the history of fashion, it was the commercial campaign that made the difference: the posters in which the glassesVienna Line Appearing alongside dramatic images of showbiz dancers made the eyewear line very popular at the time.

Another feature to consider typical of the glamorous style ofVienna Line it's the Cat Eye, made famous by the company even before the American fad of the mid-50s broke out. The Cat Eye shape appeared timidly already in the first creations with slight tips pointing upwards at the external corners and a thicker front part separated by a delicate bridge that avoided a marked mono-linear effect. Over the years, the timid “cat’s eye” shape was transformed into the so-called “butterfly wing” shape, which differed from the British and American models in use at the time in that it was less elongated and wider in order to dampen the tension created by the tip of the nose. The front remained thicker than the rest of the frame but was curved into a sinuous shape that was wider towards the outside and narrower and lower on the nose; a stylistic device that produced a bold, alluring, but always elegant look, perfect for the women of the time.

The house too Vienna Line, like many of the period, experimented with techniques and materials to design her frames. It was Wilhelm Anger, thanks to his research laboratory, who introduced Optyl: a plastic material that was strong and rigid enough to allow for the use of metal supports, but which at the same time was lighter than Zyl. The same material was used in the revolutionary Carrera models, being Mr. Anger also founder of this Brand. Udo Proksch was in fact also the head designer of Carrera at the time, while for Vienna a Line he designed a particularly bold and futuristic line of sunglasses called “Serge Kirchhofer” which remained his official name as a designer to sign the creations of the Porsche Design models.

The great elegance and sinuosity of the shapes Vienna Line it was sometimes enriched with delicate decorations: silver filigree, small stones and metal details that sometimes bordered on the baroque or more often harked back to the delicate curves of art nouveau. The way Vienna Line, looking to the past, he managed to create a timeless style, whose refined references capture the synthesis of a glamorous trend with a retro taste, as demonstrated by these vintage models representing one of the many facets of a great optical genius.

The term “VINTAGE” derives from the French “l'age du vin”, or the vintage of the wine, originally referring to the harvest of the finest wines, since the passing of time (aging) led the product to be richer, better and consequently more valuable.

The vintage style in fact has as its main characteristic the valorization not of quantity, but of quality. Similarly, a pair of glasses defined as “vintage” is a product that has accumulated at least twenty years of life since its creation, more precisely, an object produced in the past that has acquired value and importance thanks to its qualities of elegance and uniqueness.

Precisely for this reason the vintage glasses that we offer have very high quality standards and are difficult to find elsewhere.

Scrolling through the list of brands we market you will discover their history, their technical characteristics and the belief that these brands have made their own over the years, arriving at the creation of objects that, unfortunately, we believe cannot be reproduced at the same level of quality. In line with the vintage philosophy, our goal is to offer the customer an unrepeatable service by combining quality, uniqueness and enhancement of the products.

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Another feature to consider typical of the glamorous style ofVienna Line it's the Cat Eye, made famous by the company even before the American fad of the mid-50s broke out. The Cat Eye shape appeared timidly already in the first creations with slight tips pointing upwards at the external corners and a thicker front part separated by a delicate bridge that avoided a marked mono-linear effect. Over the years, the timid “cat’s eye” shape was transformed into the so-called “butterfly wing” shape, which differed from the British and American models in use at the time in that it was less elongated and wider in order to dampen the tension created by the tip of the nose. The front remained thicker than the rest of the frame but was curved into a sinuous shape that was wider towards the outside and