Chevron Beads

The Chevron Bead, first made in Murano and later copied by the Dutch, also called the “mother of all beads”, was made with a special technique to bring out the typical zigzag pattern. The blue-white-red variation is the most well-known, but there are also variations in green, black, and red. Chevron beads can be dated roughly according to the number of layers. The oldest beads, created around 1500 in Venice, have seven (7) layers of glass while younger beads have progressively fewer layers.