Cashmere Bow Tie and Handkerchief

Origin: Iran

Cashmere is one of Iran's exquisite, ancient and valuable textiles. In ancient times, cashmere was made from natural wool and silk fibers, and sometimes gold and silver threads were used in its fabric, in which case it was called Zarbaft cashmere. Cashmere motifs are generally traditional Islamic and Hatay motifs from the Safavid period. This expensive fabric was widely used to make the clothes of aristocrats and courtiers, and the middle classes of society would only put a few small items in the bride's dowry, such as garden and prostration. While cashmere was woven on hand weaving machines in the past, today weaving is done on fully mechanized and jacquard machines. Today, fibers such as polyester and rayon have replaced natural fibers in cashmere textures. Cashmere is graded based on fiber quality, texture density, and number of dyes used. Yazd, which is the most important city in terms of cashmere texture, is a city where you can even find workshops where cashmere is completely hand-woven by experts of this art.