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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Linen, Millefiori
TechniqueLampworked, wound
SizeOverall L: 37.2 cm
Accession Number91.3.666
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical Description3 opaque white with transparent turquoise stripes and millefiori "flowers", lampworked (2 circular - 1 spiral twist barrel); 34 opaque light turquoise (28 flowerlike, dome shape with 4 lobes, concave end - 6 3-concave sided barrel); 6 opaque light turquoise with white "crumbs", lampworked, barrel shaped tabular; 22 transparent light turquoise, wound (4 large circular - 16 medium circular); 4 opaque white with turquoise swirls, circular to oblate, lampworked; 2 transparent turquoise with opaque white marvered "crumbs", lampworked, tabular cylinder; 2 opaque light turquoise with faint turquoise swirls lampworked, circular; 6 opaque turquoise satin encased in colorless, ovoid, 3-concave sided. Strung on linen.
Provenance
Source Arline B. Oliphant - 1991-07-03