Archaeological records show that the history of beadwork goes back at least 5,000 years. Beads and embellishments were perhaps mankind’s first indulgent luxury, fashioned from seashells, stones, nuts, seeds and carved wood. Throughout the Middle Ages, beads were used to embellish embroidery work. In Renaissance and Elizabethan England, clothing, purses, fancy boxes, and small pictures …
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