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title: "Beadwork"
description: "Beadwork is the craft of joining beads together or attaching them to cloth to make decoration or whole objects."
type: Glossary
url: https://teazle.art/glossary/beadwork
published: 2026-10-14
updated: 2026-10-14
author: "The Teazle editors"
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# Beadwork

*Beadwork is the craft of joining beads together or attaching them to cloth to make decoration or whole objects.*

Beads can be strung, woven on a loom, or sewn onto fabric one by one or in lines. Embroidered beadwork is central to many traditions, including the beadwork of Native North American and many African peoples, and to couture evening dress.


## Sources

1. [Beadwork (AAT 300053647)](http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300053647). Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus
2. [Beadwork (Q63871053)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63871053). Wikidata

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