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Vintage Dark Orange Beaded Bracelet with Rose Gold by Allison Bryan
By Allison Bryan
Located in London, GB
This bracelet features antique dark orange Venetian glass trade beads, accented with one inch of
Category

2010s British Beaded Bracelets

Materials

Rose Gold

Vintage Electric Blue Beaded Bracelet with Yellow Gold by Allison Bryan
By Allison Bryan
Located in London, GB
This bracelet features antique Electric Blue Venetian glass trade beads, accented with one inch of
Category

2010s British Beaded Bracelets

Materials

Yellow Gold

Men s Vintage Black and White Beaded Bracelet with Gold by Allison Bryan
By Allison Bryan
Located in London, GB
This bracelet features antique black and white Venetian glass trade beads, accented with one inch
Category

2010s British Beaded Bracelets

Materials

Yellow Gold

Men s Vintage Blue Mix Beaded Bracelet with Rose Gold by Allison Bryan
By Allison Bryan
Located in London, GB
This bracelet features antique mixed blue Venetian glass trade beads, accented with one inch of
Category

2010s British Beaded Bracelets

Materials

Rose Gold

Vintage Blue and White Beaded Bracelet with White Gold by Allison Bryan
By Allison Bryan
Located in London, GB
This bracelet features antique blue and white Venetian glass trade beads, accented with one inch of
Category

2010s British Beaded Bracelets

Materials

White Gold

Men s Vintage Blue Mix Beaded Bracelet with White Gold by Allison Bryan
By Allison Bryan
Located in London, GB
This bracelet features antique mixed blue Venetian glass trade beads, accented with one inch of
Category

2010s British Beaded Bracelets

Materials

White Gold

Native American Warrior s Grizzly Claw Necklace
Located in Coeur d Alene, ID
Warrior's grizzly claw necklace. Nine claws interspersed with Russian blue trade beads. Collected
Category

Vintage 1920s American Beaded Necklaces

LU67033449523 and LU670310983722 - Consolidated Listing
By Allison Bryan
Located in London, GB
This bracelet features antique white Venetian glass trade beads, accented with one inch of solid
Category

2010s British Beaded Bracelets

Materials

White Gold

LB offers Vintage Carved Carnelian Green Turquoise Jade Venetian Glass necklace
By Lorraines Bijoux
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
beads, Green Turquoise round beads, Vintage Venetian glass trade beads, large filigreed silver statement
Category

Mid-20th Century Tibetan Artisan Beaded Necklaces

Materials

Carnelian, Jade, Malachite, Turquoise, Sterling Silver, Stainless Steel

LB offers Jade Mexican Sterling pendant Soapstone Coral Venetian glass necklace
By Lorraines Bijoux
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Statement necklace. This unusual piece combines Chinese Red Coral, Vintage Venetian glass trade beads
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Artisan Beaded Necklaces

Materials

Coral, Jade, Quartz, Turquoise, Silver Plate, Sterling Silver

African Hand Beaded Armchairs, Pair _SALE_
Located in North Miami, FL
Handcrafted African armchairs from tiny white glass trade beads attached to a canvas-stretched
Category

Late 20th Century African Tribal Armchairs

Materials

Beads

Ceremonial Beaded Betel Bag, Sumatra, Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Sumatran Ceremonial beaded betel bag made of Dutch trade bead and coins from early to mid-20th
Category

Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Art

Materials

Metal

Antique Native American Pictorial Beaded Moccasins, Cheyenne, 19th Century
By The Cheyennes
Located in Denver, CO
Pictorial beaded moccasins constructed of native tanned hide with glass trade beads. Design
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Native American Beaded Bandolier Bag, Tahltan (Northwest Coast), circa 1870
Located in Denver, CO
Classic period of American Indian art. Constructed with red trade cloth and native tanned hide and beaded
Category

Antique 19th Century Canadian Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Native American Beaded Possible Bag, Sioux
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
beads, quill work, trade cloth, tin cones and horse hair. Part of the Plains Indian culture group, the
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Native American Beaded Leggings, Sioux (Plains Indian), 19th Century
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
A pair of leggings constructed of native tanned hide decorated with trade beads. Design elements
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Native American Beaded Pipe Bag, Arapaho, 19th Century
By Arapaho Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
. Design consists of stylized tepee motifs in green, blue, yellow, red and white trade beads. The
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Native American Beaded Child s Moccasins, Arapaho, 19th Century
By Arapaho Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
glass trade beads with green "buffalo tracks" on each vamp and stylized tepee motifs. The hide was
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Native American Beaded Bag Sioux, 19th Century
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
A charming pictorial bag created from leather with glass trade beads and fringed with native-tanned
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Beads, Hide

Antique Beaded Child s Moccasins, Cheyenne Plains Indian, 19th Century
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
native tanned hide and partially beaded in red, yellow, green, white and blue trade beads. A stylized
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Beaded Moccasins, Cheyenne Plains Indian , circa 1880s, Buffalo Tracks
By The Cheyennes
Located in Denver, CO
hide with glass trade beads in red, white, yellow and blue. Buffalo Track design in white-heart red
Category

Antique 1880s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Native American Beaded Tobacco Bag, Sioux Plains Indian , circa 1910
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
motifs in red, blue, orange, green, black and white trade beads. The opposite side has a beaded panel
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Beaded Moccasins, Cree, Plains Indian, circa 1890, Star Cactus Flowers
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
tanned hide with glass trade beads in green, blue, yellow, red, and white, with pictorial elements
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide, Beads

Native American Ankle Cuffs, Crow, 19th Century
By Crow
Located in Denver, CO
trade beads in a striped pattern of white, light and dark blue, greasy yellow and white-heart red.  
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Native American Pictorial Beaded Hide Bag - Sioux (Plains), 19th century
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
front is fully beaded with glass trade beads with two tepees (tipi) and stylized crosses along with the
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Plains Indian Beaded Knife Sheath, Sioux, 19th Century
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
in blue, yellow, black and red trade beads with stylized tepee and geometric motif. Suspension is
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Antique Native American Beaded Moccasins, Sioux, circa 1900, Blue Buffalo Tracks
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
. Comprised of glass trade beads on native tanned hide. The Sioux are associated with areas of the great
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Beads, Hide

Antique Beaded Ceremonial Dance Sarong (Lawo Butu) East Flores, Indonesia
Located in Point Richmond, CA
dances performed during rain ceremonies. The lower section of the skirt is embellished with trade beads
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Indonesian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Cotton, Beads

Moccasins, Early 20th Century, Sioux, Plains Indian, Pictorial Bead Work, Tepees
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
the soles. Hide, beaded with glass trade beads in colors of blue, red, yellow and white, Pictorial
Category

Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Native American Childs Ceremonial Beaded Moccasins, Cheyenne, circa 1900
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
from native tanned hide and elaborately decorated with multicolored glass trade beads. The soles are
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Native American Beaded Moccasins, Cheyenne (Plains Indian), circa 1890
Located in Denver, CO
-Tanned hide and partially beaded with glass trade beads with stylized Tepee motifs. The beadwork
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

19th Century Plains Pouch with Pictographs in Beadwork
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
hide and partially beaded with trade bead. Side 1: three buffalo pictographs; side 2: cross motif; with
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Antique Beaded Hide Dress, Sioux Plains Indian , circa 1880, Native American
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
trade beads adorning the yoke. Design elements include cross and geometric motifs in white-heart red
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide

Pair of Beaded Bandolier Bags, Winnebago/Chippewa Ojibwa , 19th Century
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
Dakota, and Ontario, Canada). Intricately beaded with glass trade beads in geometric patterns with tab
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Beads

African Dinka Beaded Vest, Mid-20th Century, Sudan
Located in Austin, TX
one hundred and sixty strands of colored glass trade beads, the majority in a light turquoise color
Category

Vintage 1960s Sudanese Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Metal

Antique Sioux Gun Holster, Plains Indian Native American Beadwork, Circa 1890
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
American beadwork from the Plains Indians. The holster is intricately decorated with glass trade beads on
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide, Beads

Early to Mid-20th Century Tribal Cache-Sexe, Mandara Mountains, Cameroon
Located in Point Richmond, CA
blue, red, green and yellow trade beads mounted on a felt covered wood triangular structure. These were
Category

Mid-20th Century Cameroonian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Shell, Beads

LB vintage Copper Deco Pendant Stunning Bakelite and Murano glass Necklace
By Lorraines Bijoux
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Green Bakelite tubular beads and clasp, gorgeous vintage Venetian glass trade beads, and copper twisted
Category

Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Copper

LB Tribal style Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Pendant Ceramic Carnelian necklace
By Lorraines Bijoux
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
created necklaces for Coco Chanel. Wonderful early 20th century Venetian trade beads and lovely round
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces

Materials

Sterling Silver

South African 1970s Ethnic Cotton Caftan
Located in University City, MO
trade beads Designed by Victoria Sands for Bettina Labeled Size 36 The length from top of the
Category

1970s South African Kaftans

African Kuba Helmet Mask on Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
the face, and lavished embellished with trade beads, raffia cloth with cowrie shells and hanging seed
Category

20th Century Congolese Tribal Masks

Materials

Copper

Vintage Beaded Toran Doorway Hanging, Kathi of Gujarat, India, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
introduced into Gujarat in the mid-1800s when Indian traders based in Zanzibar began trading Venetian beads
Category

Mid-20th Century Indian Tribal Tribal Art

Materials

Cotton, Beads

19th Century Native American Bandolier Beaded Bag, Great Lakes, circa 1890
By Native American Art
Located in Incline Village, NV
constructed by women utilizing thousands of small glass seed beads mounted on trade cloth, typically cotton
Category

Antique 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Fabric, Beads, Glass

Tibet Antique Gold Amulet Earrings "Dzi Eye" Beads
Located in South Burlington, VT
extracted and later ground into powder for local medicines. Precious Dzi beads were traded across the
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Agate

Tibet Antique Protection Dzi Bead 18-Karat Gold Necklace
Located in South Burlington, VT
Dzi beads were traded across the Asian continent. Dimensions: Our bead is 2 inches in width and .75
Category

20th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Agate, Gold

Tibet Antique Protection Dzi Bead 18-Karat Gold Necklace
Located in South Burlington, VT
into powder for local medicines. Precious Dzi beads were traded across the Asian continent
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Agate

Tibet Precious Antique 18K Gold Amulet Necklace "Six Eye Dzi Bead"
Located in South Burlington, VT
powder for local medicines. Precious Dzi beads were traded across the Asian continent. Dimensions
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Agate

Tibet Old Pair Amulet Pendants Single Ying Yang And Twenty One Eye Dzi Beads
Located in South Burlington, VT
Central Asian single eye "ying Yang" and twenty one eye agate Dzi Beads dating to the early 20th century
Category

20th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

Materials

Agate

NY Sequined Skyline Sweater
Located in Alford, MA
Chrysler Building, and especially the tallest at the time - the World Trade Center. Small gold beads are
Category

1980s American Pullovers

Precious Tibet Antique Dzi Gold Amulet Necklace
Located in South Burlington, VT
traded across the Asian continent. Dimensions: Our bead is 2 inches in length and .87 inches diameter
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Agate

19th Century Inuit Model Kayak, Greenland
Located in New York, NY
Russian trade beads. The entire set has been preserved in excellent condition.
Category

Antique 19th Century North American Models and Miniatures

Materials

Wood, Ivory, Beads

19th Century Antique Native American Saddlebags
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Region / Tribe:Plateau / Ute,  circa: 1870s Material: Nayive tanned buffalo hide, glass trade
Category

Antique 1870s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Hide, Beads

African Trade Beads ca.1900
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fine vintage African trade beads necklace. Authentic Berber Tribe items on leather cord.
Category

20th Century African Beaded Necklaces

Fine Ceremonial Sun Hat from Borneo with Trade Beads
Located in Seattle, WA
. Woven of split rattan with palm fiber and cloth border. The center ornamented with bead-work medallion
Category

20th Century Bruneian Tribal Art

Materials

Fabric

Unusually large beaded Yoruba Basket
Located in Stamford, CT
Cloth basket encrusted with colorful old glass trade beads
Category

20th Century African More Folk Art

Pair of White Beaded Nigerian Tribal Chairs
Located in North Miami, FL
in Nigeria from tiny white glass trade beads attached to a canvas-stretched bamboo frame.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nigerian Tribal Armchairs

Materials

Bamboo, Cotton Canvas

Silver and Glass Bead Necklace with Naja, circa 1900
Located in Santa Fe, NM
, interspersed with six early 19th century blue Venetian trade beads. The central naja is constructed of silver
Category

Antique Early 1900s American Native American Collectible Jewelry

Materials

Silver

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Trading Beads For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of trading beads available for sale. Frequently made of beads, trimming and fabric, all trading beads available were constructed with great care. Trading beads have been made for many years, and versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century. Trading beads are generally popular furniture pieces, but Folk Art style is often sought at 1stDibs. Muzeion produced beautiful trading beads that are worth considering.

How Much are Trading Beads?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,727, while they’re typically $750 on the low end and $45,000 highest priced.