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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Linen, Aventurine
TechniqueLampworked, wound
SizeOverall L: 41.0 cm
Accession Number91.3.141
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTwenty three "flowers". Opaque yellow-green, wound with aventurine band and trails, roses and forget-me-nots (yellow center), lampworked, circular; 18 opaque white partial core encased in transparent pale pink, wound circular; five swirls of opaque light pink and white encased in colorless, circular, wound; five transparent pale pink, circular; 14 transparent light yellow-green raspberry type barrels; seven transparent yellow-green five -sided faceted, mold-pressed; eight opaque yellow-green disks, wound; two opaque light green satin encased in colorless, faceted bicone; four transparent pink circular faceted, some surface III; two colorless with pink specks asymmetrically faceted; two translucent pink swirls encased in colorless tabular barrel, wound. String on waxed linen.
Provenance
Former Collection Arline B. Oliphant