bead
Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Linen, Foil
TechniqueLampworked, mold-pressed, wound
SizeOverall L: 40.9 cm
Accession Number91.3.424
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description3 translucent yellow with opaque white blue and transparent pink, spots and swirls, lampworked, ovoid; 6 opaque pink swirls in colorless, long tabular cylinder with crimped edges; 8 opaque pink, wound, ovoid; 2 translucent dark pink, wound, ovoid; 1 opaque pink and white swirl, spiral twist barrel; 1 opaque pink with thin transparent pink swirls, spiral twist with ribbed spiral band; 2 fluted (1 transparent amber encasing band of silver foil, circular, lampworked - 1 core of transparent amber, band of gold leaf, encased in transparent amber, barrel shaped); 16 colorless circular faceted, graduated sizes; 2 colorless circular wound; 4 clambroth wound, circular; 53 transparent pink swirls in transparent light pink, circular; 1 opaque yellow wound oblate; 2 opaque yellow swirls in opalescent, mold-pressed, ribbed barrel shape; 3 translucent yellow, mold-pressed, circular with raised band at equator. Strung on linen (?).Provenance
Source
Arline B. Oliphant
- 1991-07-03
