What is a Chevron Bead?
This definition comes directly from the Collectible Beads Book:
Chevrons: Venetians invented these important glass beads about 500 years ago, and continue to make them today. The Italian name is rosetta and refers to the pattern in the cross section of the bead, resembling a flower or twelve pointed star, derived from a molding process.
Colors for the different layers tend to be blue, white and red, but many combinations have been made. The name refers to the ends of these complex canes that have been faceted or rounded by grinding , revealing the inner structure of the zig-zag of chevron lines.
These beads were also manufactured in Holland in the seventeenth century by expatriate Venetian glass beadmakers and are indistinguishable from Venetian beads.
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