| Original Message: Re: setting the record straight on the famous reds. |
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Art,
We only bought one batch of red cane in Venice, about 20 years ago as you say. We did not buy any other batches, but this batch was not ground at the same time, nor was it even ground by the same person. They were ground by Tiozzo (now deceased) and Pagnin, both in Murano. The smallest sizes from 8 - 10mm only were ground by the Ercole Moretti company. I can't remember how many beads I may have told you I had, and anyway that is irrelevant. The point is that we did not buy any other red cane in Venice, and especially NEVER in India where we have no contacts. We do carry some other beads from India (not chevrons), but these were strictly found in the markets of Lome, Togo and were not commissioned by us - millefiories and feathers, etc. We did purchase a few samples of Luigi's red chevrons, already made, for the museum. As for Bob Stewart, who has not purchased anything from us in at least 10 years, he is completely mistaken or confused if he thinks he got red chevrons from India from us. That is just impossible. The red chevrons on our website or in our catalog are all from this same ORIGINAL batch of red cane, such as pictured in your image. As for the Chinese chevrons in your photo from our website, this is a completely different story that you did not bring up in your first post. For the record, these were imported by Sumareh and we bought them from him in Tucson, 2006 (a much newer version than Indian chevrons). Anyway, on our website this picture of Chinese chevrons is identified as Chinese and new. You forgot to mention that. Art, we have supported you and your work over many years,and we don't understand why you want to persist in these rumors about selling Indian red chevrons and other red ones from different batches from Venice. JP and RP All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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