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

“St. Symeon” — a waist-length image of the righteous saint holding a large open scroll.

What the picture shows

The saint is shown as a young man with chestnut hair to his shoulders and a short beard, turned slightly to the left. He wears a loose blue-and-turquoise outer garment over a pale shirt with a narrow collar. Both hands hold a broad white scroll that falls in a wave; lines of writing run across it. The halo is built from rings of gold, olive and white. The background is a pale cream with printed leaf scrollwork; two fan-shaped motifs in amber tones sit in the upper corners, narrow brown-and-gold bands run down the sides, and a cartouche with the name closes the panel below. The beading is partial: beads cover the figure, the garments, the scroll, the halo and the whole frame, while the face, hands and printed background are left unbeaded 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. 4,360
• Bead colours: 16
• Base: natural artist canvas

The piece is vertical, the size of a small household icon. It suits a name-day icon for a Symeon or Semen. It carries the fewest fine details of the icons in this series, which makes it a comfortable first icon.