Yazd traditional cashmere weaving
The Silk Road has crossed the border of the Central Desert, and the city of Yazd has been on this route, which has been one of the main economic routes.
The exchange of goods and commodities, the most important of which were textiles and textiles, has been practiced in this area since ancient times. According to a historical inscription in the vestibule of Yazd Grand Mosque, the people of Yazd have been weaving cashmere cloths for centuries. The main center of the Zoroastrian religion became the Zoroastrians, who were mostly cashmere weavers.
The period of Shah Abbas Safavid can be described as the heyday of the cashmere weaving industry, because Shah Abbas invited prominent designers from China and Armenia to Iran to teach their modern art to the Iranians. That’s why the cashmere of that time found a special beauty and prominence.
In the beginning, cashmere weaving was known as gold weaving, which was first created by Professor Khajeh Ghias al-Din Naqshband (about 400 years ago). Regarding the preparation of raw materials in the past, the raw materials needed by Sharabafan in Yazd itself and by the craftsmen were prepared and that in the past there was a bazaar in the eastern part of Yazd Mosque called Nakhvirsan Bazaar, in which The bazaar of raw materials and silk threads needed by the cashmere weavers was put up for sale. This bazaar was later bought by the founders of the Grand Mosque and became a member of the Grand Mosque.
In the past, textile machines in the form of small workshops were established in areas such as Gerdfaramarz, Abrandabad, Maryamabad, Mahmudabad, and Akramabad.