The History of TERMEH

TERMEH is a nice cloth that is woven since SAFAVI era in IRAN and now Yazd province is the main center of producing it.
There is an argument between researchers about it's origin. Some of then believe that Termeh has been made in KASHMIR
and then brought to Iran. Others say that Iranian have been the innovator of weaving Termeh and this material has been
taken in to concentration like other handicrafts in other parts of the world.
(Kashmir: Historical region divided between India and Pakistan).

But it is the real fact that Iranian Termeh in comparison with what ever produced in Kashmir is much better and it has
different coloration and designs.

The only reason that made the Kashmir Termeh famous is using a kind of string which is produced by "Wild Goat's Wool".
Besides, the main place where it lives is Himalaya Mountains range, located North of India. So Kashmir Termeh weavers
have had more availability to it while Iranian had to use Fleece.


Weaving:

In the past, the first step in Termeh weaving was preparing it's raw materials. So it was very important to be careful
while preparing wool, washing and drying.

Weaving Termeh needs good wool which has tall fiber. Usually the designs of Iranian Termeh were the result of the
co-operation between main persons (an expert and a worker called "Goushvareh kesh"). Weaving Termeh was a very careful,
sensitive and time consuming work that a good weaver could produce only 25 to 30 centimeters in a day. The background
colors which are used in Termeh are Jujube Red, Light Red, Green, Orange, and Black.

Termeh as a valuable cloth has many different usage. So it woven on different sizes and shapes such as:

1. 150*150 centimeters for table cloth and wrapper.

2. Checked pattern which is like Bee's Hive and is used for table cloth.

3. Striped pattern which is of two models: Narrow and Wide striped.

4. Atabaki pattern which was one of the Kashmiri's Termeh was used for expensive fabric because it was a finely women
Termeh.

5. Zomorrodi pattern in which the used green color more than the others.

6. "Kashmiri Shall" (Cashmere) in which the shape of Deer's Horn was used for it's design.

Termeh is a very durable cloth in which fixed colors are used so we can use any kinds of washer.

Source: Tourist Magazine