Design Gallery


Design & inspiration ideas using our vintage beads and components

Lila Taylor created this great looking earrings by wrapping oxidized brass filigree around vintage Japanese flower cabochons. These dangle from our 6mm brass filigree bead. Click on images to link to catalog pages and larger images.

 
Lila Taylor created this lovely necklace using our vintage Czech chocolate colored graduated strands, paired with lavender rondelles and rounds. The bead cap gives it a great Deco look and our crinkle chain sets it off. . Click on images to link to catalog page and larger images.
 
From our own studio, Alison designed these earrings from 85 year old Bohemian glass luminous blue pierced flower pendant beads. These beads have a piercing in between each outer bubble that makes it ideal for stringing and wiring. This bead comes in 19 and 12mm.
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From our own studio, an Edwardian style lavaliere necklace of vintage Japanese opal glass with oxidized brass triangular connector and bead cap with rhinestone settings
 
Lila Taylor created this lovely necklace using our vintage Czech fruit and flower beads that we sell in 12 inch strands in Robin's egg blue and red. Click on images to link to catalog page .
 
We created these earrings in-house using a pair of hollow jet glass 1 hole teardrops from 1920s France and gold plated beadcaps. We have a multitude of styles of 1920s France teardrops.. The ear wires can be found in our catalog pages.
 

Pendant made from a 1920s Bohemian pressed glass flat back stone and wrapped with one of our stampings. Strung on our vintage brass swag chain. Designed by Lila Taylor. Click on images to link to catalog page.

 
Another pendant made from a 1920s Bohemian pressed glass flat back stone and wrapped with one of our brass filigrees. Designed by Lila Taylor. Click on images to link to catalog page.
 
Lila used one of our new oxidized brass stampings imported from Germany to wrap these vintage cabochons and create this necklace. She used vintage Siam red AB Swarovski crystals and our brass paperclip chain to finish. Click on images to link to catalog page .
 


We created these earrings in-house using a pair of our fab and rare French black glass rings from the 1920s and our fine brass filigree ovals. We have a multitude of styles with very limited stock per style, so click on the glass ring below to see all of our rings. The bail and ear wires can be found in our catalog pages.