bead
Object NameString of Beads
Made FromGlass, Waxed Linen, Foil, Aventurine
TechniqueLampworked, wound
SizeOverall L: 44.2 cm
Accession Number91.3.322
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description10 foils, long cylinder opaque wine color with gold foil band overlaid with wine and transparent amber, lampworked; 2 ovoid transparent amber with aventurine swirls, lampworked; 8 ovoid colorless encasing flecks of aventurine and opaque brick red, lampworked; 56 opaque caramel colored satin, faceted bicones; 17 transparent amber with brown swirls, polygonal barrel shape; 8 transparent pinkish amber, faceted barrel shape; 4 circular transparent amber, wound; 5 transparent brown "crackle" or "frosted faceted spirals. Strung on waxed linen.Provenance
Source
Arline B. Oliphant
- 1991-07-03
