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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Linen, Aventurine
TechniqueLampworked, wound
SizeOverall L: 36.0 cm
Accession Number91.3.145
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical Description16 opaque yellow circular, wound with applied decoration of roses, blue forget-me-nots, aventurine trails and band, lampworked; 35 transparent pale yellow circular (some shiny surface, some matte); 22 transparent amber, some with facets, some plain, wound; two opaque light yellow circular; four ovoid transparent light amber, faceted; two transparent yellow bicone, faceted; 52 transparent amber cylindrical spacers with slanted edges; one ovoid triangular pale yellow opaque; one yellow spiral fluted cylinder; one transparent amber convex cone dish. Strung on linen.
Provenance
Former Collection Arline B. Oliphant
sample
Moser Glassworks
1929
Monumental
Francesco Ferro
about 1880
stained glass
Donald MacDonald
about 1897