Curved decorative structural member

A curved decorative member in which an array of bead members are sandwiched between an apertured front grid and a rear transparent curved plate and in which the bead members are retained in grid openings in the grid member;

• and spacer members situated between the front grid and the rear curved plate which hold the same in position and which each have a predetermined length to define a spacing distance between the front grid and rear plate;
• said front grid and rear plate being curved about at least one axis such that there is a first radius of curvature for the front grid and a second radius of curvature for the rear plate with said spacer members defining a difference between said first and second radii of curvature.

A curved decorative structural arrangement in the form of a portion of a cone in which an array of bead members are sandwiched between an inner generally conic grid and an outer generally conic grid;

• said grids each having openings in register with corresponding openings of the other grid to retain respective ones of said bead members therein;
• and spacer members situated between said inner and outer conic grids defining a generally conic space between them to accommodate said bead members;
• with the openings in said outer grid having lands therebetween that are wider than corresponding lands between respective ones of the inner conic grid.