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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Linen, Gold Leaf
TechniqueLampworked, mold-pressed, wound, iridized
SizeOverall L: 35.9 cm
Accession Number91.3.403
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical Description13 "flowers" colorless with band of gold leaf, roses, forget-me-nots (yellow center), colorless trails, lampworked, barrel-shape; 14 colorless with band of gold leaf, colorless trails (3 have few colored blobs too), lampworked; 20 transparent pink 3-sided barrels; 9 transparent pink with opaque white swirls (2 ovoid tabular with slight twist - 7 circular); 1 opaque pinkish lavender satin, mold-pressed, circular faceted; 1 transparent opalescent with pink swirls, wound, circular; 2 opaque pink and transparent pink swirls with bumpy surface, iridized surface, circular/oblate); 26 colorless faceted truncated bicones; 10 colorless faceted bicones; 3 colorless circular 5-sided cornerless; 2 colorless with opaque pink swirls, spiral fluted barrel. Strung on linen.
Provenance
Source Arline B. Oliphant - 1991-07-03