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

“St. Solomiya” — a waist-length image of the holy myrrh-bearer with a vessel of myrrh at her breast.

What the picture shows

The saint is turned slightly to the right, her head inclined and her gaze lowered. A lilac-blue maphorion covers her head and shoulders, with a white-and-lilac patterned veil showing beneath it, and a pink dress with a fine trim below that. A gold vessel for myrrh with a red inset hangs on a chain at her breast. The halo is built from gold and amber rings, darkest at the centre and lightening towards the rim. The whole range is cool — lilac, blue, muted pink — and only the halo and the frame hold any warmth. The background is cream with printed leaf scrollwork, surrounded by an amber-brown ornamental band with fan-shaped upper corners and a cartouche below. The beading is partial: 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. 4,850
• 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 Solomiya. Because the range is cool, it matters here to take lilacs and blues close in lightness, so the folds of the drapery do not merge into a single block.