Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) – icône « Saint Georges le Victorieux »

St. George Conqueror — a horseman on a white steed striking the serpent with his spear; a lively scene set against an open landscape.

What the picture shows

The young warrior sits on a rearing white horse, a dark red cloak streaming to the left over golden-yellow armour with a fine scale pattern. His right hand lifts a slender spear that runs diagonally across the whole composition to the jaws of the green serpent below. The harness and bridle are laid out in gold and orange circles, the mane in pale ones. The serpent coils at the horse's hooves, its body green with yellow and white highlights. The ground is a desert landscape of low hills under a pale sky. A wide blue border with a light turquoise floral ornament in an eastern manner runs around the edge. The beadwork is clearly partial: beads take the cloak, armour, halo, harness, serpent and border, while the horse, the earth, the sky and the distant hills stay entirely 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. 2,120
• Bead colours: 12
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is vertical and the quickest in this group — just over two thousand beads. It suits a first attempt at an icon or a gift for a man who bears this name.