But the endeavour was a little bit more adventurous than making optical instruments. Lemaire exported his goods all over the world.Īrmand Lemaire died in 1885 and his son in law Jean Baptiste Baille took over the running of the firm now called the Baille Lemaire group.Īs an aspiring entrepreneur Baille set up a factory in the Essonne at Crosne. The French term for binoculars is 'jumelles' or twin girls. They produced a variety of optical apparatus including binoculars. I've been researching the Lemaire firm and have found out that the firm was begun in 1846 in Paris, rue Oberkampf. Most references put them to the early 1900's. I found this pair in the case with the bee opening clip at the Salvos. The movement, the lenses, the iridescence of the mother of pearl. For some strange reason I had wanted a pair of these opera glasses since I was a kid.
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