the best in vintage Italian seed beads!
We have just added a 5th and 6th sample card to our original set of four sample cards. The fifth sample card contains vintage Italian micro seed beads. These beads are used for doll making, peyote fan making, fan making and other projects where very small Italian seed beads are required. These beads are now being used by the very best Native American Indian doll makers on the planet. Our blues are rare shades in much demand as well as th eyellows and some of the other colors! Card #6 contains a nice variety of seed beads in many shades. There are a lot of size 11/0 seed beads on this card as well as many other sizes. Check it out! With card #5 you can order micro beads in the colors blues, reds, yellows, greens, and whites that were previously unavailable on the market at this time. If you are looking for a specific size please let us know, we would be happy to inform you of the size variations availble for each color and tone of our stock of vintage Italian seed beads. The colors on this new set have certianly been well recieved by those who are "in the know" as to these vintage Italian seed beads as used on Native American Indian beadwork.
The vintage Italian seed bead sample cards contain actual samples of the seed beads sewn to a heavy weight hand made paper that simulates brain tanned hide as found with traditional American Indian bead work. These cards are sold in sets and take hours to make. We have found that the best scenario for ordering beads is an actual sample of the vintage Italian glass seed beads themselves. Have you ever ordered vintage Italian seed beads or other vintage seed beads from a catalog, or website, only to find the beads did not meet your expectations? Acquiring these actual sample cards will assure you that you will receive the exact vintage Italian seed bead for either repairing an old piece, making a replication of an old piece, or for use in the design of a new piece. We urge you to acquire the vintage Italian seed bead sample cards, thus eliminating any error in ordering vintage seed beads.
The cards in the photographs have double lines of vintage Italian seed beads so the color will be more discernible on the web. The actual cards we send out have single lines of vintage Italian seed beads sewn on them.
The blue card starts off with a beautiful light greasy blue found on Lakota pipe bags, Plateau and Crow pieces including mirror bags, horse collars, horse head stalls, horse forehead ornaments, etc, moccasins from all groups, especially the Kiowa, Lakota, and Cheyenne. The beads then range from a beautiful Plateau/Crow light blue down to a more Sioux blue. The shades of blue spill over onto card #2. All of these blues have been matched to many different objects ranging in date from 1865 through 1900. They can be found on pieces from tribes in the Woodlands, Prairie, Plains, and Plateau. Many of these beads were the background colors on many pieces and have not been available in quantity for years.
Please take a look at the high resolution photos, they contain both sizes and prices. The prices are found below each bead, the sizes are above each bead at the right hand end of each small box. Click on the link provided below. Thank you!
Click here for a higher resolution photo of Card #1, with prices and sizes listed!
Bead Card Set of 6 or Single Cards.
You can purchase card #1 for $10 or the set of all six sample cards in a nicely illustrated fold over cover for
$60 + shipping. (see photo of the set below)
Card #2 has some exquisite colors and shades of our vintage Italian seed beads. It starts out with some Sioux blues, beautiful periwinkles, some darker transparent's, and cobalt blue. The blues end with some "pony beads", the lighter found on early Plateau, and Blackfeet women's dresses. The dark transparent's can be found on the same dress as well on early beadwork from the Northern, Central, and Southern Plains. Within the red category are many different shades of "red white hearts" including a very nice rose white heart. There is also a dark transparent red found on Plateau, Crow, and Kiowa material. A greasy red found on Central Plains material, as well as through out North America. The yellows contain greasy's in several shades we have matched these yellows to old Nez Perce shirt strips, Plateau, Plains, and Prairie material. The cards ends with various pumpkin orange beads found on material from through out North America especially on Crow, Plateau, (transmontane) beadwork. A very nice assortment of vintage Italian seed beads, many of the blues are the background colors on many Native American vintage beadwork objects!
Please take a look at the high resolution photos, they contain both sizes and prices. The prices are found below each bead, the sizes are above each bead at the right hand end of each small box. Click on the link provided below. Thank you!
Click here for a higher resolution photo of Card #2, with prices and sizes listed!
Bead Card Set of 6 or Single Cards.
You can purchase card #2 for $10 or the set of all six sample cards in a nicely illustrated fold over cover for
$60 + shipping. (see photo of the set below)
The greens include various shades of opaque, semi transparent/translucent, as well as some greasy greens. The greens have been matched to Native American Indian objects from through out the Plains, Prairie, Plateau, and subarctic/arctic regions. The light greasy green is common on Central and Southern Plains Indian moccasins and other American Indian material. The whites are found on objects from through out North America.
Please take a look at the high resolution photos, they contain both sizes and prices. The prices are found below each bead, the sizes are above each bead at the right hand end of each small box. Click on the link provided below. Thank you!
Click here for a higher resolution photo of Card #3, with prices and sizes listed!
Bead Card Set of 6 or Single Cards.
You can purchase card #3 for $10 or the set of all six sample cards in a nicely illustrated fold over cover for
$60 + shipping. (see photo of the set below)
Vintage seed bead sample card #4 has some exquisite colors and shades from a crate we just opened of our vintage Italian seed beads. Many nice blues new to our stock especially the periwinkle, some nice dark transparent blues, and some exquisite light blues often found on Plateau and Crow Indian beadwork. There are also some nice reds including a light red as well as some beautiful dark reds. A few yellows and a really nice pumpkin. You will also encounter some vintage green colors that we think are remarkable. There are some more transparents and whites, as well as some more pony/pound beads of interest. We are sure that you too will be excited about this excellent assortment that we have added to our stock!
Please take a look at the high resolution photos, they contain both sizes and prices. The prices are found below each bead, the sizes are above each bead at the right hand end of each small box. Click on the link provided below. Thank you!
Click here for a higher resolution photo of Card #4, with prices and sizes listed!
Bead Card Set of 6 or Single Cards.
You can purchase card #4 for $10 or the set of all six sample cards in a nicely illustrated fold over cover for
$60 + shipping. (see photo of the set below)
In this fine selection of micro seed beads (micro beads) there are blues in greasy, opaque, and transparent shades, nice yellows in semi transparent/greasy shades, opaque, transparent, greasy, chalk and porcelain whites, really great Cheyenne pinks in a regular and deep pink sometimes referred to as meat pink, and a black. The beads range in size from 15/0 through 22/0. Our beads have been used in pieces by nationally known American Indian artists/craft workers as well as other artists/craftworkers. They have all praised the quality, color availability and usefulness of our beads in their major artistic productions.
Please take a look at the high resolution photos, they contain both sizes and prices. The prices are found below each bead, the sizes are above each bead at the right hand end of each small box. Click on the link provided below. Thank you!
Click here for a higher resolution photo of Card #5, with prices and sizes listed!
Bead Card Set of 6 or Single Cards.
You can purchase card #5 for $10 or the set of all six sample cards in a nicely illustrated fold over cover for
$60 + shipping. (see photo of the set below)
Vintage seed bead sample card #6 has some excellent colors and shades from a another crate we just opened of our vintage Italian seed beads. Many nice blues new to our stock from light to dark blues and periwinkle, some nice dark transparent blues. There are also some sought after reds known to some as red white hearts, red under whites, etc. A few nice greasy yellows and a really nice pumpkin. You will also encounter some more vintage green colors that we think are remarkable. There are lotsof whites, as well as pony/pound bead of interest. We are sure that you too will be excited about this excellent assortment that we have added to our stock!
Please take a look at the high resolution photos, they contain both sizes and prices. The prices are found below each bead, the sizes are above each bead at the right hand end of each small box. Click on the link provided below. Thank you!
Click here for a higher resolution photo of Card #6, with prices and sizes listed!
Bead Card Set of 6 or Single Cards.
You can purchase card #6 for $10 or the set of all six sample cards in a nicely illustrated fold over cover for
$60 + shipping. (see photo of the set below)