bead

Object NameWaist String of 149 Millefiori Beads

Made FromGlass

Date1845-1950

TechniqueWound

SizeOverall H: 41 cm, W: 8 cm; Average Bead H: 1.9 cm, Diam (max): 1 cm

Accession Number73.3.96

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern

Exhibitions

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

Place Made

Italy, Venice

Physical DescriptionWaist String of 149 Millefiori Beads. Brown, red, blue, yellow, and white glass; wound. 149 Mosaic Beads on a waist string. Cylindrical. Dark brown core decorated with multiple compound mosaics of opaque red barn on opaque white on opaque blue on opaque white on opaque blue and on opaque yellow.
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