Peranakan cut beads

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A late 19th century Peranakan woman's ceremonial purse (tas manik) with velvet weave and glass cut beads.

Peranakan cut beads (

Peranakan
: Manek potong)
tapestries and pouches.[2]

The beads used in the past were very tiny multi-faceted glass seed beads from Europe. For the beaded slippers, both smooth and faceted beads were used to form the pattern.

Nowadays, the bead size commonly in use for Peranakan beadwork are sizes 15 to 18 (the larger the size number, the smaller the bead).

Modern day faceted beads are single-faceted seed beads, usually referred to as charlotte beads or 'charlottes'. These beads are usually from the Czech Republic.

Notes

  1. ISBN 9971-65-194-7
    . Pages 38-48.
  2. ^ "Nyonya Needlework". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
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