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๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป | ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป

๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป | ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป

  • Number 2072

  • Type Workshop

  • Origin Isfahan

  • Style Pictorial

  • Material Wool & Silk

  • Size 103 x 73

  • Age 1970

Story

๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป | ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป | ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป | ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ธ & ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€

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 โ€œI Am Yoursโ€ whose lyrics were lifted verbatim from a translation of Nizamiโ€™s Khamsa, a collection of his 5๏ธโƒฃ 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 subjectโ€”you guessed itโ€”was a scene from the tragic tale of L&M. The only major difference (no, Iโ€™m not talking electric guitars and silk warps) is that Sadegh portrays them in a rare moment of happiness whereas Claptonโ€™s song is markedly more poignant and plain sad.

Fun fact: Nizamiโ€™s 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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