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Plate 1D Perles Orientales (Oriental beads), Redlhammer Brothers, detail of Plate 27A (TMV, TM 2135, XIII [1913]). Plate 2A Perles Orientales (Oriental beads), Redlhammer Brothers, detail of Plate 27B (TMV, TM 2135, XIII [1913]). Plate 2B Very small beads (Article No. 1006), Ludwig Breit Co., Schwäbisch-Gmünd, before 1957; card: 20.8 x 10.5 cm (Dr. Klaus Breit, Schwäbisch-Gmünd). Plate 2C Neck ornament of rocailles, probably early 20th century; height as shown: ca. 16.5 cm; rectangular elements: 1.8 x 2.5 cm (private collection, Vienna). Plate 2D Nouveautés, Redlhammer Brothers, detail of card 117 (Coralline Beads, Article No. 3154), before 1913 (TM 2135, XIII). Plate 3A Coaster of “Bohemian beads,” probably early 20th century; height: 21.2 cm, width: 23 cm (Private collection, Vienna). Plate 3B Perles Orientales (Oriental beads), Redlhammer Brothers, detail of Plate 26A. Plate 3C Card 166, Redlhammer Brothers, “Color card. Oriental beads, Article 3362,” 27.3 x 16.3 cm (Gablonz Archive and Museum, Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz). Plate 3D Color range of small beads in shades of white (Maria Reiter, Vienna). Plate 4A Color range of small beads in shades of gray (Maria Reiter, Vienna). Plate 4B Color range of small beads in shades of purple (Maria Reiter, Vienna). Plate 4C Color range of small beads in shades of blue (Maria Reiter, Vienna). Plate 4D Color range of small beads in shades of green (Maria Reiter, Vienna). Plate 5A Color range of small beads in shades of green (Maria Reiter, Vienna). Plate 5B Color range of small beads in shades of yellow, orange, and red (Maria Reiter, Vienna). Plate 5C Color range of small beads in shades of pink and red (Maria Reiter, Vienna). Plate 5D Striped and overlaid beads (Maria Reiter and private collection, Vienna). Plate 6A Color range of “Bohemian Beads;” 5.8-6.2 mm diameter (private collection, Vienna). Plate 6B Two-cut faceted beads of several types, detail of a sample card without a company name, probably after 1950. Plate 6C Rocailles, Art. No. 1004, Ludwig Breit, Wiesenthalhütte, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, after 1957 (Dr. Klaus Breit, Schwäbisch- Gmünd). Plate 6D Sample card “T” with round transparent beads; Heinz Fitschek & Co., Steyr-Gleink, Austria, ca. 1970. Plate 7A Sample card “GWT” with opaque colored beads; Heinz Fitschek & Co., Steyr-Gleink, Austria, ca. 1970; 23.7 x 21 cm. Plate 7B “Cremettes, Art. No. 1018,” Ludwig Breit, Wiesenthalhütte, Schwäbish-Gmünd, after 1957 (Dr. Klaus Breit, Schwäbisch-Gmünd). Plate 7C Rocailles, Art. No. 1004, partially in matte colors, Ludwig Breit, Swäbisch-Gmünd, before 1957 (Dr. Klaus Breit, Wiesenthalhütte, Schwäbish-Gmünd). Plate 7D Rods, Hessen Glasshouse, Oberursel, donated about 1975 by Erich Pracht (delivery warehouse) (Neugablonz Industry and Jewelry Museum, Kaufbeuren-Neugablonz). Plate 10B “Metalized, heat-rounded, and cut” beads, 1878; Adolf Weiss, glass painter, Wiesenthal, privilege no. 28/1073; detail, height: ca. 6 cm (Austrian Patent Office, Vienna). Plate 14D Necklace made of modern Riedel beads, 1992; length: 44 cm (private collection, Vienna). Plate 17B Work stages for grinding (cutting) beads, topaz-colored glass (6-sided) and crystal glass (round); diameter (cane upper left): ca. 7.6 mm (TMV, probably TH 32842). Plate 18C Cut beads with painted golden stars, H. Göble, Gablonz, before 1837; diameter (green bead): ca. 8.6 mm (TMV, TH 11401- 11402). Plate 20D Top: Canes and tubes, probably Austria, pre-1818 (TMV, TH 32142-32144). Bottom: Interior coloring of a fruit bead, probably Anton Schwefel, Vienna, 2nd quarter 19th century (TMV). Plate 21B Necklace of hollow glass beads, metalized on the interior, Anton Schwefel, Vienna, 1829; length (smooth elongated bead): ca. 16.4 mm (TMV, TH 32908). Plate 21D Colored glass beads with gilt painting, H. Göble, Gablonz, before 1837; diameter (central bead): ca. 17.8 mm (TMV, TH 11396). Plate 24A Hollow glass beads with trailed decoration (the red beads are color lined); H. Göble, Gablonz, before 1837; diameter: ca. 13.5 mm (TMV, TH 11390). Plate 24C Necklace of smooth, round, and lavishly decorated, hollow, gilt-glass beads; probably Venice, 16th or 17th century (ÖMAK, KHM 335; former Ambras Collection).
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