beadwork

[ beed-wurk ]

noun

1. beading ( defs 1, 4 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of beadwork¹

First recorded in 1745–55; bead + work

Example Sentences

Decisions about the show — from the beadwork to the artwork to wardrobe to choosing Red Lobster as a hangout spot — came directly from the writers’ lives.

From Washington Post

The renowned beadwork artist hails from the Luiseño and Shoshone-Bannock tribes, and her pieces can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian.

From Ozy

Last year, Von Furstenberg introduced the Samburu women's intricate, sophisticated beadwork into her spring collection.

From The Daily Beast

Lolosoli persuaded women in her village to start a business selling their intricate traditional beadwork to tourists.

From The Daily Beast

Smitten with the colorful beadwork, she invited Lolosoli to collaborate on her 2010 collection.

From The Daily Beast

A moccasin, flaps decorated with undulating red, white and black beadwork, was still on the foot.

From Project Gutenberg

Beadwork is very strong, and this is beginning to look tattered, a sure sign that it has seen long service.

From Project Gutenberg

They were all dressed out in new light-blue capotes and corduroy trousers, which they tied at the knee with beadwork garters.

From Project Gutenberg

I bring her fine skins of the otter, the beaver, and the fawn; beadwork also from the villages and bracelets of copper and pearl.

From Project Gutenberg

Many naked bodies were covered with beadwork, silks, damask, and even red and green table-cloths trimmed with gold and silver.

From Project Gutenberg