Example of Sistan embroidery, traditional black
Example of Sistan embroidery, traditional black

Sistan embroidery is a type of needlework often used to decorate clothing along the chest and the cuffs, from the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran.[1] Additionally this needlework can be found on tablecloths, rugs, cushions, bedspreads, and wedding tables.[2]

About

This is an ancient handicraft that has been traced as far back as 5th-century BC, from the Scythians.[2] In the Sistan region clothing historically has been created using fabric in shades of white and cream for both genders, in order to reflect light; and traditionally on women's clothing the embroidery was black, and on men's clothing the embroidery was cream.[3] The thread used was often silk, in order to form geometric and linear motifs.[4][5]

Khameh is a related craft which is made using raw-colored fabric and a white silk embroidery.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "صنعت داخلی از دست ایرانی". The Centre for the Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  2. ^ a b "هفت‌هزار سال هنر در یک سرزمین" [Seven thousand years of art in one land]. ایسنا (in Persian). 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  3. ^ "مهمترین برنامه ام تولید و ترویج لباس اصیل سیستانی است/تاریخچه دوخت سیاه دوزی سیستان به گذشته دور بر می گردد/دوست دارم روزی را ببینم که تمام زنان سیستان لباس محلی اصیل بر تن داشته باشند/از طریق میراث فرهنگی کلاس های آموزشی به صورت رایگان برگزار می کنیم". Golestan New newspaper. August 20, 2019. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  4. ^ "آشنایی با هنر سیاه دوزی سیستان و بلوچستان". Golestan New newspaper. March 23, 2017. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  5. ^ "Embroidery of Sistan and Baluchestan". saednews.com (in Persian). 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  6. ^ "Iranian handicrafts: Khameh-Duzi of Sistan-Baluchestan". Tehran Times. 2021-10-09. ISSN 1563-860X. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
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