BEADS 23 Glass Beads Gablonz, Bohemia Czech Bead Industry, 100s Color Illustrat.

Description

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers
is devoted to furthering knowledge about beads and beadwork of all periods, materials, and cultures.
This issue contains 112 pages and 50 color plates.
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This issue of Beads reprints the English portion of Dr. Waltraud Neuwirth’s important 1994 book,
Perlen aus Gablonz:  Historismus, Jugendstil / Beads from Gablonz:  Historicism, Art Nouveau
, which is one of the most useful publications for both bead researchers as well as bead aficionados who wish to understand the Bohemian bead industry and its products. It contains 112 pages of text and 50 color plates which depict a wide variety of 19th-20th century beads, beadwork, and jewelry that incorporates Bohemian beads or pressed-glass stones.
Synopsis:  During the 19th and 20th centuries, Gablonz in northern Bohemia (now Jablonec nad Nisou in the Czech Republic) was a major producer and supplier of glass and ceramic beads to the world market. This production center created beads of myriad forms, using all the major manufacturing methods. This detailed study provides a thorough overview of the various methods including patent details as well as information concerning bead names, shapes, coloring, decoration, sizing, stringing, and historic prices. The text is accompanied by numerous illustrations of the beads under discussion and the tools and apparatuses used to make, size, and string them. There is also a well-illustrated section on the pre-1913 sample cards of two major Gablonz companies, the Redlhammer Brothers and the Mahla Brothers.