Toile imprimée pour broderie de perles (sans perles) « Lumières de Venise »

“Venice lights” — evening over the canal: a stone bridge, a lamp with warm lights and gondolas at the mooring. The picture seems to glow from within, as evenings do.

What the picture shows

A wrought-iron lamp with three shades burning yellow rises in the left foreground. Behind it a wide arched bridge lined with shops spans the canal, worked in sky-blue, lilac and white beads. A row of Venetian façades stretches to the right: pink, ochre and terracotta, with arched windows and balconies. The sky is pink-lilac, late in the day. The lights are reflected in the water in long vertical strokes, the prows of two gondolas darken at the lower right, and a pot of red flowers stands at the foot of the lamp. The beading is partial: beads cover the bridge, the lamp, the façades, the flowers, the gondolas and the reflections in the water, while the sky and part of the water stay as print 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: 200×200 mm (7.8×7.8 in)
• Beads needed: approx. 2,593
• Bead colours: 15
• Base: natural artist canvas

A square of moderate volume — there is not much beading, and the evening lights read especially well in glass beads. It fits a living room or a hallway.