RABEANF108

Ground Ivory / Cotton

Embroidery Black
Content 50% Cotton/ 45% Silk/ 5% Rayon

Width 53"

Repeat V 10" / H 53"

Rabe’a Balkhi was most likely the first poetess in the History of Persian Poetry. She was born and died in Balkh, a city today in northern Afghanistan. This poem is called ‘Love’and has been embroidered in persian with chain stitch. (9th or 10th century)

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