Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) – icône « Le Christ Pantocrator »

God Almighty — Christ enthroned at full length with an open book; a calm, balanced image built on gold.

What the picture shows

Christ sits frontally on a high carved throne with shaped colonnettes. His right hand is raised in blessing, his left holds an open book with text. The vestment is a light creamy yellow with soft folds, and a blue himation is draped over it. A cruciform halo with letters surrounds his head, and long golden rays spread from it across the whole ground. The footing of the throne is worked in coloured inserts — red, blue and green. A wide border on a gold field runs around the edge: rows of lozenges and square rosettes in green, blue and red. The beadwork is partial: beads cover the vestments, the throne, the halo, the rays and the border, while the face, hands, hair and the text of the book remain printed on the canvas.

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. 4,764
• Bead colours: 14
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is vertical, with a large amount of even ornament along the edge — stitching of that kind goes calmly and steadily. Its place is a home iconostasis.