{"product_id":"millefiori-antique-venetian-trade-beads-multi-color-square-cross-section-36x11mm-sold-individually","title":"Millefiori Antique Venetian Trade Beads, Multi-Color, Square Cross-Section, 36x11mm, Sold Individually","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThese beads are priced and sold individually\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly bundled cane method of making concentric circles in the classic colors of amber, dark blue, white and brick. Beads measure 36x11mm \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll beads in excellent condition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf you are a designer looking for matched beads, this is your chance to get 10+ while they last\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's rare for these early beads to be pressed into this square cross section shape.\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrade beads almost always have holes big enough for 2mm leather cords\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMillefiori, the Italian name for these colorful beads, means 1000 flowers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe beads are decorated with slices of glass canes created either bundling very thin glass tubes together to form the pattern, then fusing them, or encasing round or chevron pattern canes in concentric layers of different colored glass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe canes are sliced into murrini, which are laid out on a hot surface and the semi-molten glass cores of the beads are rolled over them, picking up the slices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in Venice, Italy for the African trade mid- to late 1800s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Beadazzled.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53566846959925,"sku":"AFE-2180","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/4388\/1301\/files\/AFE-2180Beadazzled.com.jpg?v=1789343336","url":"https:\/\/www.beadazzled.com\/products\/millefiori-antique-venetian-trade-beads-multi-color-square-cross-section-36x11mm-sold-individually","provider":"Beadazzled.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}