The Frost Trade Bead Collection Gallery
Larger Beads
French Ambassador Beads
Late Victorian and Edwardian Age milliners used these types of beads for decorating women's hats. A few sold for as much as $7.50 each at a time when some laborers in New York City earned as little as $3.50 per week.Collection of the Illinois State Museum
Photographed by Gary Andrashko, ISM
ISM Accession #: 1941-0083
