bead
Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Waxed Linen, Foil
TechniqueMold-pressed, millefiori, lampworked
SizeOverall L: 39.7 cm
Accession Number91.3.308
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description9 foils - 4 long barrel, opaque white overlaid with silver foil with white overlaid spots and multicolored "crumbs", lampworked - 5 pinched ovoids, silver foil inlaid in transparent light red and multicolored inclusions; 2 ovoid colorless encasing transparent pink satin and red and white flower cane; 30 segmented opaque "clambroth"; 37 circular transparent light red with darker red swirls, wound; 2 opalescent rhomboids; 8 circular, opaque white satin glass, encased in colorless, faceted/dimpled, mold-pressed; 1 circular and 1 cylindrical transparent opalescent. Strung on waxed linen.Provenance
Source
Arline B. Oliphant
- 1991-07-03
