The art of making flowers from small seed beads or seed beads is many centuries ago. It is thought to have started in Europe as early as the sixteenth century, although the flowers beaded base could have been made much earlier. As its popularity spread, several methods have been developed, the French method which wire passes only once through the bead and the Victorian method, also known as the method of English Russian, where the wire passes through the bead two or three times.
There has been a long association with the church and flower beads. A string of pearls, a rosary was used for prayer, the string of beads composed of 15 units, each unit containing 10 small beads and a larger one. Each bead is held in turn, as each prayer has been recited the 150 beads represent the number of psalms in the Bible. The man or woman who recited the prayers for the community were the first to make beaded flowers and so the association between church and floral decorations started. The French beaded flowers used as garlands, called Immortelles, who had been left on the grave of the deceased. These could be up to several meters in height, and when, after long disintegrated, the beads were re-used for other decorations. Venice became the center of production of beads and during that time most of the women than the rich, made beaded flowers for churches, banquetting tables and floats. Murano glass is still valued today.
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