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Flora - Edward Burne-Jones
The Roman goddess Flora, goddess of flowers and spring, on a dark gray-blue background with an abundance of different flowers. She is wearing a rose gown with a blue kirtle over it, has a garland of flowers in her hair, and holds more flowers in her hand. The border is of gold acanthus leaves with the label "Flora" at the top. 266 x 472 stitches ■ 103 colors (DMC floss} ■ About 15" x 26" or 38 x 67 cm (on 18-count) (pat.php?pat=BUR030) |
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The Star of Bethlehem - Edward Burne-Jones
Mary, seated in a rose-covered manger thatched with straw, holding baby Jesus. To her left is Joseph, with a bundle of sticks and an axe at his feet. Hovering to Mary's right is an angel in shimmering robes holding a glowing star. 625 x 416 stitches ■ 133 colors (DMC floss} ■ About 35" x 23" or 88 x 59 cm (on 18-count) (pat.php?pat=BUR023) |
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Souls being Received into the Heavenly Paradise - Edward Burne-Jones
Angels in a heavenly garden surrounded by crenellated walls greeting newly arrived souls, with a border of twining vines and flowers. A woodcut illustration in the style of a medieval tapestry for "The Golden Legend", a thirteenth-century collection of lives of the saints. The large white areas are not stitched. 418 x 588 stitches ■ 23 colors (DMC floss} ■ About 23" x 33" or 59 x 83 cm (on 18-count) (pat.php?pat=BUR009) |
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The Adoration of the Magi - Edward Burne-Jones
Mary, seated in a rose-covered manger thatched with straw, holding baby Jesus. To her left is Joseph, with a bundle of sticks and an axe at his feet. Hovering to Mary's right is an angel with brocade robes, flowers in her hair, and green wings, holding a glowing star. 623 x 416 stitches ■ 98 colors (DMC floss} ■ About 35" x 23" or 88 x 59 cm (on 18-count) (pat.php?pat=BUR027) |
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A Musical Angel - Edward Burne-Jones
An angel wearing blue robes lined with gold. The angel's wings have red feathers tipped with blue and her halo is blue. She is carrying a violin and a palm branch and stands before an open doorway and a red drapery. 235 x 700 stitches ■ 147 colors (DMC floss} ■ About 13" x 39" or 33 x 99 cm (on 18-count) (pat.php?pat=BUR006) |
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The Baleful Head - Edward Burne-Jones
Perseus in armor showing the head of Medusa to Andromeda. Perseus rescued Andromeda from a sea monster to which she was being sacrificed and was promised her hand in marriage in return. However, Andromeda had previously been promised to someone else, who came with an army to claim her. 318 x 402 stitches ■ 84 colors (DMC floss} ■ About 18" x 22" or 45 x 57 cm (on 18-count) (pat.php?pat=BUR004) |
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The Golden Stairs - Edward Burne-Jones
Girls in white tunics trimmed with blue and garlanded with laurel leaves descending an outdoor golden spiral staircase. White doves perch on the edges of the roof above them. They each carry a musical instrument, flutes, violins, trumpets, tambourines, dulcimers, and so on, and are seemingly about to enter a grand hall with golden columns. 266 x 628 stitches ■ 93 colors (DMC floss} ■ About 15" x 35" or 38 x 89 cm (on 18-count) (pat.php?pat=BUR003) |
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The Failure of Sir Gawaine: Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine at the Ruined Chapel - Edward Burne-Jones
King Arthur's knights Sir Uwaine (left) and Sir Gawain (right) on the quest for the Holy Grail. After many days of riding, they arrive at a deserted chapel but are denied entry by an angel. It is revealed to them that they will not attain the Holy Grail because they lack charity, virtue, and faith. 625 x 511 stitches ■ 113 colors (DMC floss} ■ About 35" x 28" or 88 x 72 cm (on 18-count) (pat.php?pat=BUR028) |
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The Rose Bower - Edward Burne-Jones
From Burne-Jones' cycle of paintings "The Legend of Briar Rose" (the Sleeping Beauty). Here, the Sleeping Beauty, having pricked her finger on a spindle and been cast into a deep sleep, lies in her bower on a richly draped couch with her ladies-in-waiting asleep just where they were when the spell was cast, one still reaching toward a mirror and ... 473 x 233 stitches ■ 129 colors (DMC floss} ■ About 26" x 13" or 67 x 33 cm (on 18-count) (pat.php?pat=BUR007) |
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