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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Waxed Linen, Foil
TechniqueLustre, pressed, lampworked
SizeOverall L: 41.0 cm
Accession Number91.3.329
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical Description15 foils, opaque pink satin with silver foil with yellow "paint" trail, lustre surface, encased with transparent pink, lampworked; 20 ovoid squares opaque pink satin core encased in colorless, pressed; 68 transparent pale pink faceted barrel shape. Strung on waxed linen.
Provenance
Source Arline B. Oliphant - 1991-07-03
Allegria (Happiness) Bottle
Vetri Decorativi Rag. Aureliano Toso Glassworks
designed in 1952
paperweight
Cristalleries de Baccarat
1930