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

“St. Olga” — the holy princess with a cross in her hand and a model of a church beside her.

What the picture shows

The princess is shown half-length in a tall red-and-gold headdress with pearl pendants framing her face. Her coral-pink robe is worked with gold bands, and rows of small blue beads form a necklace at her breast. In her right hand she holds a gold eight-pointed cross, and to her side rises a white-and-blue church with gilded domes. The halo is gold, made of many concentric rings. The edge carries a brown-and-gold foliate border with rosettes above and a cartouche below. The beading is partial: figure, headdress, robes, church, 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. 5,338
• Bead colours: 21
• Base: natural artist canvas

Twenty-one colours make this the richest palette in the group, giving smooth transitions in the robes and the church. The piece is vertical, for a home icon corner.