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Pearl Carpet of Baroda sold
Sotheby’s reports that it sold for $5,458,500 U.S.! I wonder if it will end up in a museum, or in a private collection?
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Web and Flow
Web and Flow is the name of the current gallery show at the Minnesota Textile Center, showcasing artists’ baskets from around the country, on display until April 18th. Pictures were not allowed, but I’ll describe a few of the more unusual ones, with links if I can find them: Cathleen Michel made a basket primarily…
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Blue beads plus extras….
So I haven’t done any more blue beads, but I did make 3+ other beads for this set. I’m envisioning making some sort of centerpiece out of the button, like the button is the center of a flower of fringe, perhaps. The clasp, I’m hoping, will be hidden underneath it. The orange beads will be…
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My BFAC necklace is up for auction!
Here’s my necklace up for auction on eBay for Beading for a Cure, a project to honor Layne, a beader who lost her fight with colorectal cancer. All proceeds go to the National Colorectal Cancer Research Association. The button on the top of the left column links with the Beading for a Cure website, the…
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Pearl carpet of Baroda
Just in case you’ve missed postings on various boards/groups about this carpet up for sale at Sotheby’s, circa 1865…. The starting bid is $5 million U.S for this 5’8″x8’8″ carpet made of pearls, glass beads, diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and sapphires. The foundation is deer hide and silk, and this is one of what was originally…