Number 2072
Type Workshop
Origin Isfahan
Style Pictorial
Material Wool & Silk
Size 103 x 73
Age 1970
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐ป | ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป | ๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ & ๐ ๐ฎ๐ท๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป | ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ธ & ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐
Why, you ask?
What brings all these names together?
In 1969 the hugely successful & influential careers of Eric & Sadegh overlapped, albeit miles and light years away. Rug n roll!
Somewhat simultaneously they both drew inspiration from the 12the century epic romance of Layla & Majnoun, a heartbreaking poem composed by the legendary Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi.
Eric Clapton wrote this beautiful song โI Am Yoursโ whose lyrics were lifted verbatim from a translation of Nizamiโs Khamsa, a collection of his 5๏ธโฃ poems. The passage dealt with the yearning Majnoun felt for his beloved Layla.
Around the same time, Grand Master Sadegh wove this beautiful pictorial rug whose subjectโyou guessed itโwas a scene from the tragic tale of L&M. The only major difference (no, Iโm not talking electric guitars and silk warps) is that Sadegh portrays them in a rare moment of happiness whereas Claptonโs song is markedly more poignant and plain sad.
Fun fact: Nizamiโs poem was translated into Italian around the 14th century but adapted into a Renaissance Italian setting. Verona was the locale, Romeo & Juliet were their names. This version of the tale of the two star crossed lovers is the one that was in turn adapted into a play by Shakespeare.
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