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The range of Czech costume jewelery is extraordinarily wide and is based on the production of the basic element of costume jewellery – glass beads, listing all the types, forms and color variations of glass beads which are produced in Jablonec and Zeleny Brod Districts would probably require a lot of work and take many years – hundreds of types of the most common bead – the rokaji – are produced. They are used in beautiful multi-line necklaces worn by ladies with evening wear at social gatherings or are sold in small bags to be used by a skillful designer to decorate a dress or as a furnishing design element in addition to the simple, mass-produced rokaji beads, there are, however, more complicated products – surface-finished pressed beads, cut and fire-polished beads or the even more complicated tin beads with a high polish. Lamp beads are small jewels of the giassmaker’s art and each one of them is skilfully produced over a flame. Molten glass from a smelted glass bar Is gradually wound onto glass wire and the colours change to fit the designer’s Intention. The glass Is hot-formed and worked in to the appropriate shape, which gives us what Is known as a wound bead, due to the way it was produced.
Another part of Czech costume jewelery production is strass – cut glass stones set in metal. Tasteful types of fine and remarkable evening strass jewelery from Czech producers are very popular all around the world.
Probably the widest range of Czech costume jewelery is available in Prague In the MISS bijoux outlet at Wencesias Square 23. Here you can find loose glass pearls and hundred of types of glass necklaces, bracelets and earrings.