Pince-nez

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Zwicker (disambiguation) .

Fritz Haber with pince-nez

The Zwicker (also Kneifer or Klemmer , in the southern German language area also gusset ) is a glasses without wires, via a flexible, resilient web between the lenses on the nose clamped ( "tweaked") is. The French name pince-nez (" nose pince-nez ") was also common.

At the beginning of the modern era, spectacles were still unknown; they were only gradually spreading from the 17th century. The pince-nez remained in use until the beginning of the 20th century, mainly in the upper class and the upper middle class . Although spectacles already existed, men of this social class often preferred to use pince-nez in the 19th century; Women preferred the lorgnon .

See also

• monocle

Web links

Commons : Zwicker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Kneifer  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Zwicker  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• The history of glasses - the pince-nez