Name/Title
Long glass-bead necklace (rope/sautoir), brown and goldEntry/Object ID
2025.1.389Description
Long single-strand necklace of oval brown glass beads, interspaced with small gold-tone metallic spacer beads. It is strung as a continuous loop (rope/opera length) with no clasp, so it is worn over the head. Beads glossy and intact; stringing is modern. No maker's mark or country indication present.Item Type
NecklaceContext
A long glass-bead rope necklace, a common mid-20th-century costume-jewelry form. The beads are glass; oval pressed-glass beads of this kind are characteristic of Bohemian/Czech glass production, a major Eastern-Bloc export of the period, though no mark confirms origin here.
Donor recalls having bought them at Le Trianon store, in Havana.Collection
The Cabrera Arús family collection, María A. Arús Caraballo collectionMade/Created
Notes
Date: undetermined; mid-20th-century in style.
Place: undetermined (beads possibly Czech/Bohemian; tentative). Possibly reassembled in Cuba.Parts
Continuous strung loop of oval glass beads + small spacer beads. No clasp (probably removed). Single strand.Materials
Material
GlassMaterial Notes
Beads: glass, translucent grass/olive-green oval glass beads. Spacers: white glass seed beads. Stringing cord/thread (modern).Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
María A. Arús CaraballoNotes
ownerRelated Places
Place
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
acquisition, useExhibition
Cuban Finotype and Its MaterialityResearch Notes
Notes
Beads possibly Bohemian/Czech pressed glass.Created By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
June 18, 2026Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 18, 2026