You are an encyclopedia of curiosities Carole! This photo evoked memories of a sofa I saw at the Tokapi Museum in Istanbul years ago. It was adorned with 12,000 pearls; I would prefer to own your specimen tho!

I immediately gravitated to the large blue beads around the base. I bought several years ago when they were commonly referred to as Dutch Dogon beads. Peter Francis later told they are not Dutch. Where do you think these beads were manufactured?

Which brings me to the question of what do Dutch beads look like? Dubin's book made scant mention of Dutch beadmaking. Can anyone in this wonderful forum offer any information on the latest on Dutch beads? Thank you! Carole T.