Antique Italian Seed Beads - 11/0 Transparent Scarlet

We have a limited supply of antique Italian seed beads. We picked these colours for the frequency we see them in Métis, Cree, and Anishinaabe heritage pieces and are glad to be able to share with artists who want to use the same palettes as our ancestors.

Transparent scarlet and other reds are often found as the focal centres of blossoms and florals of beadwork. It is very close to a contemporary size 11/0 Percosia bead, but is ever so slightly larger, with small inconsistencies of shape to be expected when working with antique glass beads. On the sample image the 2 rows on the right side are contemporary size 11/0 (dark green) and size 10 (turquoise)

We do not know that the beads used in the heritage peices are the same as the makers or exact matches of the colours we have on offer, these images are shared to show similar colours in context of historical work.

Sold by 20 gram bag.

Heritage beadwork and sample card images sourced from Picard Gallery, “kôhkominawak ocihcîwâwa – Our Grandmothers’ Hands: Repatriating Métis Material Art” by Gregory Scofield, and the National Museum of the American Indian