Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) – icône « Saint Nazaire »

“St. Nazariy” — a waist-length image of the holy martyr holding a gold cross in both hands.

What the picture shows

The saint is shown as a young man with chestnut hair and a short beard, turned almost face-on. He wears a red-crimson tunic with fine patterning, with a green cloak thrown over his left shoulder that falls in a broad fold. Both hands hold a tall gold cross with a turquoise inset at its centre before him. The halo is large, moving from orange and gold at the centre to pale yellow at the rim. The background is cream with printed leaf scrollwork, surrounded by a brown-and-amber ornamental frame with two fan-shaped corners above and a cartouche in a gold surround below. The beading is partial: beads cover the figure, the garments, the cross, the halo and the frame, while the face, hands and background stay as 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. 4,841
• Bead colours: 12
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is vertical, the size of a small household icon. It suits a name-day icon for a Nazar. The composition is simple and symmetrical and the colour count is low — twelve — so the pattern is within reach of a first-time icon stitcher.