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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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Sunday Beady Eye Candy : Beadwork and Fibre Artist Amy Gross

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

https://pin.it/7xPqhB69U

Source : amygross.com

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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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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An upcoming sale at Tennants Auctions in North Yorkshire may be of interest to BSGB members :

https://auctions.tennants.co.uk/auction/details/tx78-fashion-costume-and-textiles/?au=14254&_gl=1*r4prrb*_gcl_au*MjgxNTU3MTgyLjE3NjYzOTMyMDA.*_ga*NDk5NjU3MzE0LjE3NDI4MTU4NDM.*_ga_9W43718T2Z*czE3NzAyMDE4NDEkbzI5NCRnMSR0MTc3MDIwODU0MCRqNTMkbDAkaDA.&pn=2&g=1

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A Date For Your Diary

Please turn to page 39 of BSGB Journal 150 for details of Stephanie Burnham's Fragile Flora Workshop, taking place during our AGM Weekend at Northampton Museums & Art Gallery

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Sunday Beady Eye Candy : Amethyst Beads

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

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Bead Society of Great Britain Journal 150 has been sent to our members

This issue is for Autumn/Winter

Our cover star is ... ourselves! ... celebrating 150 Journals produced since The Bead Society of Great Britain was formed 36 years ago

Plus, it's Membership Renewal Time for 2026, details are enclosed with your Journal

Not a member yet? Please join us, tap the Linktree in our profile!

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A large group of mainly East Midlands spangled bobbins, 19thC/20thC

Sold at auction by Bonhams, Oxford, 1 July 2015, Photos and Text by Bonhams

https://www.bonhams.com/auction/22689/lot/574/

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Sumerian gold earring with faience and lapis-lazuli beads

Dated to the late 4th millenium BCE, Ur

Sold at auction through Invaluable at the Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo,
July 17, 2022

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Sunday Beady Eye Candy : Neolithic Beads from China

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

https://pin.it/7xPqhB69U

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