Mirror made of mustard natural leather, with a hand-embroidered design made with wool and vegetable thread using the Persian "Pateh Doozi" technique.

11 cm mustard circular mirror made of natural leather, hand-embroidered by artisan women using the laborious Persian technique of "Pateh Doozi", made with wool and vegetable thread superimposing different layers of colors.

It features a floral design combined with the traditional motif of the "boteh jeghe", a curved or leaning cypress tree that symbolizes modesty and comes from Zoroastrianism where it was related to life and eternity as well as being a sign of strength, endurance and perseverance. The sacred cypress of Kashmar is very famous in the history of Persian culture, it is a mythical tree mentioned in the "Shahnameh" or Book of Persian Kings that was planted by the prophet Zoroaster from a branch that he had taken from Paradise.

The oldest surviving representation of this pattern dates back to 3000 BC and is in the Baghdad Museum. It is an Assyrian-Elamite carving in which two forms of the "boteh jeghe" hang from a vase. The figure of the cypress was also carved in the bas-reliefs of Persepolis and is one of the most common trees in the design of the main Persian gardens. This is without a doubt one of the most famous patterns in embroidery, represented in many other arts and loaded with symbolism and diverse interpretations. In fact, this design of Persian origin has also been widely used in India, Turkey, throughout the Middle East and also in the West, where it became popular during the 18th and 19th centuries under the nickname "paisley", due to the importation and subsequent replica of shawls from the Indian region of Kashmir in the Scottish city of Paisley. The rug is finished with a row of fringes that gives it a more original appearance.

Origin: Spain