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Swarovski Chestplate--Arabian Horse (Sample)

This is a OOAK HAND BEADED/EMBROIDERED horse chest plate for a finely bred Arabian horse and completely covered in Swarovski crystals, silver metallic threads and the finest Japanese miyuca delica beads. The background itself has more than 33,000 irridescent Japanese delica beads. The original design developed for this customer is Turkish in origin and heavily beaded with Swarovski copper and sapphire crystal beads. There are also some miscellaneous other delica beads in peridot and opaque white. Each main design is outlined with thickly embroidered silver metallic threads to frame each section. This was extremely difficult to photograph. In natural sunlight it just flashes constantly. A most stunning piece of custom work befitting the beauty of a prized Arabian horse. iF YOU ARE INTERESTED WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PICTURES.

 
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Horse Chestplate-01 - Overview shot of the complete Arabian horse chest plate. Done to a pattern fitted to the horse. The beading is completed but it now has to be finished with a backing. It looks much darker than it is because this was very very difficult to photograph.
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Horse Chestplate-02 - Section is upside down; the lighting was a bit lighter using this angle; the colors are better matched in the sample pieces for this Arabian horse chest plate.
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Horse Chestplate-03 - Backside of the Arabian horse chest plate showing the very fine embroidery techniques of the craftsman who beaded this. The beading was done on a double weight silk organza to support the weight of this piece and allow the design to be transferred easily.
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Horse Chestplate-04 - This is the center front of the Arabian horse chest plate; you can see some of the sparkle of the background Japanese delica miyuca irridescent beads as well as the sapphire Swarovski crystal beads.
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Horse Chestplate-05 - This picture of the Arabian horse chest plate shows the blue of the Swarovski beads accurately but the copper colored Swarovski crystals are not as orange, more brownish. The irridescent beads are much more sparkly as well.
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Horse Chestplate-06 - This is another view of the Arabian horse chest plate up close to the withers; the squiggly marks are done in silver metallic reverse stitching so that it would stand out from the background beading.
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Horse Chestplate-08 - This shot of the Arabian horse chest plate shows the beautiful stitching technique of the beads; the rows and rows of irridescent Japanese miyuka delica beads are straight and true.
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Horse Chestplate-09 - TRUE COLORS ON THIS PIC . . Sample used to determine the final design. A logo was included but its viewability was reduced to be more subtle, a Mr. Waldo effect. The spec changes of adding beads to the spaces reduced its visibility further.
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Horse Chestplate-10 - Nice closeup of the Arabian horse chest plate sample; top of design was changed and spaces were filled in with copper colored Swarovski crsytal beads to match the background in the scrollwork. Copper/blue colors are correct on these sample pictures.
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Horse Chestplate-11 - Originally the background of the horse chest plate wasn't to be filled in. I decided to do the whole background in these beads and the end product is spectacular.
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