Eye size 54 mm · Bridge 13 mm
Curly koa & Italian ebony
Curly Hawaiian koa gives Marilyn’s centre its shifting, three-dimensional shimmer: undulating wood fibres catch the light in alternating bands. The maker sourced this koa from Martin & MacArthur, whose stated practice is to use trees already dead or fallen; the same workshop uses curly koa for its Hawaiian furniture. At the corners, Italian ebony brings honey-brown and black stripes through poplar dyed and engineered in Italy. SIRIS calls it a “protector wood”: an intentional alternative that delivers the striped appearance without using Macassar ebony.
Vertical-grain curly koa centres the cat-eye front, framed by Italian ebony corners. Each temple begins with horizontal-grain Italian ebony, spliced into koa.
Brown substrate with a muted plum undertone.