Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) – icône « Icône de la Mère de Dieu Consolation et réconfort »

“Icon of the Mother of God ‘Refreshing and Refuge’” — the Mother of God with the Child, her head inclined towards him and her hand raised to her face.

What the picture shows

The Mother of God is shown at half length, her head gently inclined towards the Child and her right hand raised to her cheek — the very gesture that gives the icon its name. A jewelled diadem shows beneath the maphorion, which is deep red with a gold edge over a blue robe. The Child sits on her left arm in a green garment of broad folds, fair-haired and with a gold halo of his own, turned towards his Mother. The halos are large, built from concentric rings of gold and ochre, and they fill almost the whole upper field. The frame is wide, a fine repeating ornament in brown and gold, with a cartouche and inscription below. The beading is dense: beads cover the figures, the garments, the halos, the background and the frame, while the faces and hands stay printed.

What you get

• Natural artist canvas with the full-colour pattern printed on it — no chart to follow on a screen
• Colour key for Czech Preciosa beads
• Beads, needles and thread are chosen separately

Specifications

• Finished size: 170×230 mm (6.7×9.06 in)
• Beads needed: approx. 6,324
• Bead colours: 17
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is vertical, the size of a small household icon. It carries the second-largest colour key here after “The Unfading Blossom” — seventeen colours, most of them warm gold gradations in the halos.