Lampwork, Antique Venetian, Red, White & Blue Striped Beads, 14x14mm, Set of 7
SKU: JSD-1025
Sale price
$15.00
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Only 1 in stock
Description
- These beads are priced and sold by the set of 7
- Sometimes called "American Flag Beads" these might have been designed to imitate chevrons. All but one have white cores. Barrels 14x14mm
- The name lampworking originates with the lamps, whose flames were used to melt the thin rods of glass that artists used to apply decoration to the beads.
- Made in Venice, Italy for the African trade mid-1800s to early 1900s
- Only one set available
- From the collection of Joyce Diamanti bead resercher, writer, editor and educator.