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A Vocabulary of Seed Beads: Bead Names 2

Name: Macca, Cut Bugle. Description: Bugle with hexagonal section, usually black.

Origin of Name: Italian for "in abundance." First Used: Zanetti, 1874 "macá. Used By: Venice and to a lesser extent Bohemia.

First Made: Venice, ca. 1850. Made By: Czech, Japan, Venice.

Name: Two-cuts (hex cuts). Description: Short segments cut from maccas.

Origin of Name: Unknown, perhaps because the tube was cut twice. First Used: Bohemia, 1900. Used By: Czech, Japanese (also hex cut).

First Made: ca. 1900. Made By: Czech, Japan.

Name: Three-cuts. Description: Two-cuts faceted by grinding.

Origin of Name: Unknown. First Used: Bohemia, 1900. Used By: Czech.

First Made: ca. 1900. Made By: Czech.

Name: Ceylon Pearl. Description: Made of alabaster glass, either lined or dyed, then lustered.

Origin of Name: Unknown. First Used: Venice, 1899. Used By: Czech, Japan.

First Made: ca. 1899. Made By: Czech, Japan, Venice.

Name: Delica. Description: Most uniform seed bead, short cylinders; computers used in manufacture.

Origin of Name: Delicate? First Used: ca. 1983. Used By: Japan.

First Made: ca. 1983. Made By: Miyuki of Japan.

Gallery 1, Names 1: Seed bead, Rocaille, Bugle, Charlotte.
Gallery 2, Names 2: Macca, 2-cuts, 3-cuts, Ceylon Pearls, Delica
Gallery 3, Decorative Processes 1: Lining, Lustering, A.B./Rainbow, Irising.
Gallery 4: Decorative Processes 2: Alabaster/opal glass, Dyeing, Satin glass, Square holes

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