Etsy - Lampposted 1961 Bjørn Wiinblad Poster, 1001 Arabian Nights, The Story Of The Three Sisters, Shahryar & Scheherazade Middle Eastern Tales Wall Art Decor
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This beautiful & colourful Bjorn Wiinblad poster shows a well-dressed character in robes, turban an dpointed shoes from & 1001 Arabian Nights tale astride a well decorated horse. On an outstretched hand, a bird points its head to the heavans & is singing. This might be the tale of the three sisters, where this would be the Princess Periezade who is on a magical quest to save her brothers & reclaim her royal birthright. Printed by Permild & Rosengreen Designed by Bjrn Wiinblad Dimensions: 40.5 in x 20 in (103 cm x 51 cm) Condition: Two small repaired tears to the top edge, see photos. Bjrn Wiinblad was a Danish painter, designer & artist in ceramics, silver, bronze, textiles, & graphics. His work includes whimsical round-faced people, dressed in vaguely 19th-century costume. They are often surrounded by natural elements: twining vines, floral wreaths, & fantastical trees. When Wiinblad employed color, he did so with great assurance. His colors are saturated & strongsometimes almost psychedelicand are often supplemented with metallic gold or silver. The Story of the Three Sisters Kosrouschah the Sultan is wandering the city in disguise when he hears three sisters talking about their hypothetical future husbands. Amused, he decides to make their daydreams come true, marries one to the royal baker, the second to the royal cook, & marries the third himself. However, the older two soon grow jealous of the younger. When she gives birth to a son, they set him adrift in the canal & replace him with a puppy. They repeat this with her second son & with her daughter. The Sultana is imprisoned & humiliated, but the three children are adopted by a gardener & grow up together. They are named Bahman, Perviz & Periezade. An old woman tells Periezade about three magical objects: the Talking Bird, the Singing Tree, & the Golden Water. Prince Bahman goes to look for them, but is turned to stone. Perviz falls to the same fate. Periezade follows after them. Like them, she receives advice from a dervish, & hears about the voices that she must not respond to lest she turn to stone too. Unlike them, she stuffs her ears with cotton & manages to make the journey. She finds all of the magical objects & restores her brothers & all the other men who were turned to stone on their journey. Once they return home, the Talking Bird tells Periezade how to convince the sultan that she & her brothers are his true children. One Thousand & One Nights is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition. The work was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, & scholars across West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, & North Africa. Some tales trace their roots back to ancient & medieval Arabic, Sanskrit, Persian, & Mesopotamian literature. Most tales, however, were originally folk stories from the Abbasid & Mamluk eras.
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