Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) – icône « Sainte Anne »

“St. Anna” — the saint in a blue veil, her hands folded before her breast.

What the picture shows

She is shown half-length in a deep-blue veil that falls to her shoulders and frames her face with a fine line of pearls. Her outer robe is terracotta-russet in soft folds, with a lilac undergarment showing beneath. Her hands are folded before her; a slender gold rod rests in the left, and a small gold cross on a rolled scroll shows near her shoulder. The halo is gold, made of even concentric rings. The edge carries a brown-and-gold foliate border with rosettes above and a cartouche below. The beading is partial: figure, veil, robes, halo and frame are beaded, while the cream printed background stays 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. 5,103
• Bead colours: 13
• Base: natural artist canvas

Thirteen colours are enough to carry the warm and cool planes of the drapery. The format is vertical, for a home icon corner or a shelf.