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Bugles
Bugles are seed beads in the shape of a cylinder with a longer length (comparing to the diameter).
Bugle Beads are cut from tubes with various hole shapes (round, square, twisted) and surface shapes (cylinder, hexagon, twisted hexagon), tumbled and polished by heat.
The tradition of bugle making reaches to 1860ies, the century when they were used mainly for decoration on female evening dresses and for handbag and other fashion accessories making.
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