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FINE OLD HAND EMBROIDERED TEXTILE WITH COULERED SILK THREADS WITH FINE OLD ABSTRACT NATIVE LEBANESE RURAL VILLAGES DESIGNS. THE MOTIVES REPRESENT THE FOUR YEARLY SEASONS SYMBOLES OF FECONDATION, LONG LIFE, PROSPERITY RICHDOM, FERTELITY, POWER, PATIENCE, AGAINST BAD EVIL EYE, GOOD HARVEST. AND GOOD HEALTH. THIS PIECE IS HAND EMBROIDERED BY A YOUNG GIRL TO BE USED AS A FACE COVER DURING HER MARRIAGE CEREMONIES. THIS IS AN OLD FAMILY TRADITION TO TRAIN THEIR YOUNG GIRLS AT AN EARLY AGE TO LEARN FROM THEIR GRAND MOTHERS HAND EMBOIDERY ART IN ORDER TO KEEP ALIVE THEIR OLD TRADITINAL MOTIVES AND SYMBOLES AS AN OLD RURAL LEBANESE VILLAGES HERITAGE ART. |