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GOOGLE DOODLE CELEBRATES 116TH BIRTHDAY OF ALTINA SCHINASI, INVENTOR OF
‘CAT-EYE’ GLASS FRAME


SCHINASI MIMICKED THE SHAPE OF THE HARLEQUIN MASKS SHE SAW PEOPLE WEARING IN
VENICE, ITALY, DURING THE CARNEVALE FESTIVAL.

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New Delhi | Updated: August 4, 2023 14:16 IST

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Google is celebrating the life of Altina ‘Tina’ Schinasi, an American artist,
designer and inventor most known for designing the widely popular ‘cat-eye’
eyeglass frame, with a doodle on August 4, which marks her 116th birthday.

Schinasi was born on this day in 1907 in Manhattan, New York, to immigrant
parents, the Google Doodle said in a blogpost. She designed the Harlequin
eyeglass frame, which is known today as ‘cat-eye’ eyeglass frame. Schinasi also
patented several other inventions throughout her career and produced
documentaries, according to the blogpost.

Schinasi’s mother was a native of Salonia (then in the Ottoman Empire) and her
father was a Sephardic Jewish Turk. She studied painting in Paris after
graduating high school and that sparked her appreciation for the arts. After
coming back to the US, she studied art at The Art Students League in New York
and took a position as a window dresser for multiple stores on Fifth Avenue.
During this time, she found herself working with and learning from prominent
artists she admired such as Salvador Dalí and George Grosz, the blogpost said.

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While working as a window display designer, she got inspired for the creation of
her now-famous ‘cat-eye’ frames. At a window display of a nearby optician’s
office, she noticed that the only option for women’s glasses tended to be round
frames with mundane designs.

This observation led Schinasi in creating a different option for women. She
mimicked the shape of the Harlequin masks she saw people wearing in Venice,
Italy during the Carnevale festival. She found the pointed edges flattering to
the face and started by cutting paper demos of her innovative frame design.

However, Schinasi’s creation was rejected by all the major manufacturers who
claimed her design was too edgy. Nevertheless, she didn’t give up and luck
struck when a local shop owner believed in her vision and asked for an exclusive
design for six months. The Harlequin glasses quickly became a success, earning
Schinasi much publicity.

The Harlequin glasses became an overwhelming fashion accessory by the late 1930s
and through the 1940s. She was awarded the Lord & Taylor Design Award in 1939
for her invention and was even recognised by major magazines, including Vogue
and Life.

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Schinasi ventured into the world of films, and in 1960 she produced a
documentary about the celebrated artist and her former teacher George Grosz.
Titled George Grosz’ Interregnum, it was nominated for an Academy Award and won
first place at the Venice Film Festival.

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In her later years, she wrote and published her memoir ‘The Road I Have
Travelled’ (1995), volunteered as an art therapist and even invented unique
portrait chairs and benches which she called Chairacters. Even today, after
almost 100 years of its inception, cat-eye design continues its influence in
fashion accessory trends across the world.

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