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Object NameString of Beads

Made FromGlass, Linen, Gold Leaf, Aventurine

TechniqueLampworked, wound, lustre

SizeOverall L: 39.2 cm

Accession Number91.3.148

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern
Postwar and Contemporary

Physical Description31 opaque turquoise blue, wound, gold leaf central band, applied aventurine trails, roses, forget-me-nots, lampworked (two ovoid, 29 circular graduated sizes); 24 circular aventurine beads; five larger circular aventurine; wound; two ovoid aventurine, one flecks in transparent smokey glass; second aventurine and pink in colorless glass; 30 colorless circular small beads, lustre finish; nine transparent yellow seed beads. Strung on waxed linen in uneven pattern.
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