Sunday Beady Eye Candy : Venetian Cornaline D'Aleppo Beads

From a selection pinned with provenance to our Sweepings board on Pinterest

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Source : https://www.picardbeads.com/exhibit12.html

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Strand of lentoid beads from Thebes, Upper Egypt discovered at Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III, Egyptian New Kingdom Dynasty 18, circa 1479-1425 BCE

The beads are created from Egyptian Blue and the strand is 47.5cm long

Now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number 26.8.69a

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Sunday Beady Eye Candy : Aquamarine Bead Jewellery

from a selection pinned with provenance to our Sweepings board on Pinterest

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Roman mosaic glass bead necklace, dated circa 1st Century CE

The necklace measures 82cm long and has been restrung with a modern hook-and-loop closure

Sold at auction by Christies, December 2007

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Sunday Beady Eye Candy : Melo Pearls

from a selection pinned with provenance to our Sweepings board on Pinterest, including several unmounted specimens

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Consecrated hat of Polish King Jan III Sobieski, a gift from Pope Innocent XI.

Richly embroidered with pearls and rubies using silver thread on velvet, satin and grosgrain, the hat is now part of the State Art Collection at Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow

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Sunday Beady Eye Candy: Qing Dynasty Bead Bracelets

from a selection pinned with provenance to our Sweepings board on Pinterest

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"Xīnnián hǎo" (新年好) "Gong hei fat choy" (恭喜发财)

Happy Chinese & Lunar New Year

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Designed by Olivier Rousteing for the House of Balman, Autumn/Winter 2012-2013. The gown is created from synthetic silk embellished with crystal, pearl and metallic beads.

Presented to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in celebration of the museum's 150th birthday, by the House of Balman in 2020, Accession Number: 2020.245.1. The garment was displayed at the museum’s exhibition "About Time : Fashion and Duration," October 2020–February 2021.

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Sunday Beady Eye Candy : Multi-Strand Gemstone Bead Bracelets

from a selection pinned with provenance to our Sweepings board on Pinterest

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