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String of Beads

String of Beads

 
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Object Name: 
String of Beads
Color
Opaque Turquoise Blue, Gold, Aventurine, Transparent Smokey, Pink, Colorless, Yellow
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colorless
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gold
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aventurine glass
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pink
Technique
Lampworked, Wound, Applied
Dimensions: 
Overall L: 39.2 cm
Accession Number: 
91.3.148
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Arline B. Oliphant in name of Naisha Butler
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
31 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
Oliphant, Mrs. Arline B., Source
1991-07-03

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