bead
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)
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Arline B. Oliphant
- 1991-07-03
