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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

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary
Modern

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.
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Gordon "Don" D. Wier

designed in 1948

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