Technical study on a piece of Cashmere textile attributed to late Qajar era

Alavi Dehkordi, Sayede Elahe, Azadi Mehrnaz

Abstract

The present study is a report of laboratory studies for technological purposes a piece of Cashmere textileknown as Reza Torki Termeh, attributed to late Qajar era, a Cashmere of Yazd, with a brown or black field, cotton fiber, with a repeated paisley motif (botte-jeqqe) and framing pattern and with worktoptexture is known, which includes to answer some questions regarding to the nature of the fibers, twisting of the fibers, type of weaving, and method of production. In this regard, library, laboratory, and field studies were used; interviews and correspondence with professors, many trips to observe the examples of this type of cashmere.The results of the systematic model studies were used to understand the quality of information about Terme Reza Turki; The object of this study is similar to the rest of the Reza Turkish Terme with a cotton leaf and worktoptexture. The yarn twists used in this Termeh fabric are a combination of s and z; both Termeh and lining cloths are woven in worktoptexture; fabric density of the lining is more than that of the Termeh; and also the lining is more acidic than the Termeh fabric and For both lining and Termeh Textile, neither shrinkage nor fastness to wash has been observed.

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