In the way of Kerman to Isfahan, an ancient city of Yazd is located that is the last saint city of the followers of Zoroastrian religion in Iran that today is also the host of a little community of Zoroastrian priest, “Mobedan” and an old and beautiful fire place is in there. Yazd was also famous like Kerman for production of cloth and scarf. Marco Polo described Yazd in his travels descriptions like this: “Yazd is a very beautiful and large Iranian city and important goods is trade in there. In this city, handmade weavings are woven by using gold and silk that they call them “Yazdi” and sent to lots of cities”.
By the first years of twenty and thirty, merchants of Kerman started production of Yazdi rugs to present in Europe and America market. The older sample, were decorated to Herati designs and maybe it shows the last phase of evolution in production.
On the Yazdi rugs, bergamot pattern and corner and also a monotone background and free borders and sometimes imitative designs of Kashan rugs is seen. The warp is like the Kerman rugs and the warp is in cotton yarn and weft is triplex and the knot is asymmetric. The texture is not that delicate and the height of piles creates apparent difference with the old Yazd rugs. In last decades using the designs of Tabriz and Kashan was prevalent in the state especially in Ardekan city that of course in imitation of Tabriz designs an obvious difference is with the main sample of Tabriz.
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