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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Foil
TechniqueLampworked, pressed, mold-pressed, lustre
SizeOverall L: 40.1 cm
Accession Number91.3.565
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical Description8 band of gold foil with pink "paint" encased in opalescent, asymmetrically faceted, lampworked, pressed; 6 transparent pale pink spirally ribbed barrels, mold-pressed; 25 transparent opalescent twisted long squares; 4 opaque pink satin encased in colorless, rhomboid, mold-pressed; 4 opalescent with pink spirals, barrel shape twisted spiral, lampworked; 2 transparent pink spiral fluted barrel shape with lustre surface; 8 opalescent circular to oblate; 2 transparent pink faceted cubes; 2 transparent pink with opaque white spiral overlaid with crumbs, lustre surface, lampworked, barrel shape; 5 opalescent with transparent pink swirls, circular, lampworked; 2 opalescent and transparent pink circular tabular, crimped.
Provenance
Source Arline B. Oliphant - 1991-07-03