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Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Metal, Linen, Aventurine
TechniqueWound, lampworked
SizeOverall L: 41.9 cm
Accession Number91.3.159
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTen circular "flowers" opaque green, wound, with aventurine band and trails, roses and forget-me-nots, lampworked; 34 bicone, ribbed "antiqued" brass tone metal beads; 42 circular mother-of-pearl; six circular transparent green with aventurine trail on equator, wound. Strung on linen with center bead and repeated pattern.
Provenance
Former Collection Arline B. Oliphant
plate
Gordon "Don" D. Wier
designed in 1948