bead
Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Waxed Linen
TechniqueDrawn, lampworked, presed, wound
SizeOverall L: 38.2 cm
Accession Number91.3.482
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description70 colorless small barrel, drawn; 20 transparent light blue and cobalt blue, lampworked (14 circular) and pressed (6 rhomboid - 4 small and 2 medium); 6 opaque cobalt blue, rounded triangle 94 small, 2 medium); 17 opaque cobalt, circular; 18 colorless with opaque blue spirals, lampworked (15 circular - 4 ovoid - 2 "crackled" or "frosted" and 2 regular); 22 translucent white with opaque blue swirls, lampworked (5 ovoid tabular, twisted and 17 circular); 2 transparent cobalt blue with opaque white swirls, wound, distorted cylindrical shape; 1 transparent blue, wound, barrel shape with cuts. Strung on waxed linen.Provenance
Source
Arline B. Oliphant
- 1991-07-03
