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Object NameWaist String of 149 Millefiori Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1845-1950
Place MadeItaly, Venice
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)
Exhibitions
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Not On View
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.
Provenance
Source H. Alastair Lamb