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

“St. Timothy” — a waist-length image of the apostle with a Gospel book, in a white omophorion over green vestments.

What the picture shows

The saint is turned slightly aside, his eyes on the viewer. His hair is chestnut and his beard short and curly. Over the green vestment lies a white omophorion trimmed with red crosses and thin ochre bands. His left hand supports a large book in a pale blue binding with fine ornament; his right is raised to his chest. Red cloth shows at the lower right. The halo is golden, built from rows of warm ochre. The beading is partial: beads cover the figure, halo, corner rosettes, side ornament and cartouche, while the pale background with its printed leaf pattern stays in print on the canvas. A brown-and-gold border runs round the field: corner fans at the top, a small repeating pattern down the sides and the name cartouche at the foot.

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. 4,952
• Bead colours: 15
• Base: natural artist canvas

A vertical piece the size of a household icon. It is taken as a name-day icon and for a home icon corner. The size is modest, so the work moves along faster than it first looks.