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<p>[QUOTE="Joan, post: 611306, member: 5398"]I just found an article by Sarah Corbett on the history of chevron beads <a href="http://ethnicjewelsmagazine.com/chevron-beads/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ethnicjewelsmagazine.com/chevron-beads/" rel="nofollow">http://ethnicjewelsmagazine.com/chevron-beads/</a></p><p>She says the early examples were mainly blue white and red.</p><p>Quoting parts of the article, <i>"The first Chevron beads were made in Murano in Italy at the end of the 14th century."</i> (Some were as small as 5mm; mine are 8mm.) <i>"The Chevron bead regained popularity at the beginning of the 20th century when four and six layer models appear on various sample cards from the Venetian bead traders."</i> (My beads have six layers.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Continued quotes from "Ethnic Jewels Magazine," by Sarah Corbett. <i>"The production of the Venetian Chevron bead continues to this day although in small quantities and made by specialist glass artists such as Luigi Catalan."</i></p><p><i>"During the 1980s chevron style beads were made in Indian glassmaking centres rather than being created with the traditional </i></p><p><i>techniques. ... The work tends to be less precise and the glass quality differs from those constructed in Murano. Recent replicas of the Chevron bead have emerged from the Chinese production centres. They are made in the traditional Venetian way, we can identify the new wave of Chinese beads by the different quality and colours of the glass used for production."</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Based on this article, I'm still puzzled about my necklace.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Joan, post: 611306, member: 5398"]I just found an article by Sarah Corbett on the history of chevron beads [URL]http://ethnicjewelsmagazine.com/chevron-beads/[/URL] She says the early examples were mainly blue white and red. Quoting parts of the article, [I]"The first Chevron beads were made in Murano in Italy at the end of the 14th century."[/I] (Some were as small as 5mm; mine are 8mm.) [I]"The Chevron bead regained popularity at the beginning of the 20th century when four and six layer models appear on various sample cards from the Venetian bead traders."[/I] (My beads have six layers.) Continued quotes from "Ethnic Jewels Magazine," by Sarah Corbett. [I]"The production of the Venetian Chevron bead continues to this day although in small quantities and made by specialist glass artists such as Luigi Catalan." "During the 1980s chevron style beads were made in Indian glassmaking centres rather than being created with the traditional techniques. ... The work tends to be less precise and the glass quality differs from those constructed in Murano. Recent replicas of the Chevron bead have emerged from the Chinese production centres. They are made in the traditional Venetian way, we can identify the new wave of Chinese beads by the different quality and colours of the glass used for production." [/I] Based on this article, I'm still puzzled about my necklace.[/QUOTE]
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