Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Trade beads, chains, and ornament

Currently not on view

Trade beads, chains, and ornament,

possibly 19th century

Italian
2018-22 a-gg

Information

Title
Trade beads, chains, and ornament
Dates

possibly 19th century

Medium
Glass and metal
Dimensions
largest: 3.5 × 1.7 × 1.2 cm (1 3/8 × 11/16 × 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sherry and Arthur Stein
Object Number
2018-22 a-gg
Place Made

Europe, Italy, Murano or Venice

Culture
Italian
Type
beads
Materials
millefiori glass
Techniques
beading (process)
Subject
geometric patterns

Jeffrey Hammer and Deborah Stokes by 1979; Arthur and Sherry Stein by purchase, 1979; Princeton University Art Museum by gift, 2018

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