The Frost Trade Bead Collection Gallery
Larger Beads
Eye Beads and Ambassador Beads
The beads in the left-hand column are thousand-eye beads. The two right-hand columns contain French Ambassador beads that have the surface decoration of floral designs and swirls. Beads 327-341 and 348-352 are among the types especially favored by Late Victorian and Edwardian Age milliners.Collection of the Illinois State Museum
Photgraphed by Gary Andrashko
ISM Accession #: 1941-0083
