Iran Press/ Iran News: This handicraft is created with beautiful patterns on Termeh, silk, velvet, satin and wool, and using metal threads called Sermeh, which is made of silver and sometimes gold.
This traditional embroidery, which is 2 to 3 thousand years old, has experienced ups and downs throughout its life, but in recent years, various incidents such as the COVID pandemic and economic sanctions have made the survival of Sermeh embroidery more important.
Nasrin Kardani, an Isfahani artist and a veteran of embroidery, who for 27 years, in addition to teaching traditional sewing enthusiasts, has tried to revive Sermeh embroidery, told Iran Press reporter in Isfahan: "This art existed in the Achaemenid era, but the peak of life and prosperity of the Sermeh embroidery happened in the Safavid era."
She considers the reception of Isfahan women artists in learning this original art and the generation-to-generation and family learning as one of the most important factors for the survival of this traditional sewing.
She said that once the dowry of Isfahani girls was decorated with Sermeh embroidery and the image of the groom with a Sermeh embroidered frame was considered one of the beautiful customs of starting a new life for families.
Sarmeh embroidery is one of the most luxurious and beautiful handicrafts that Iranian and foreign tourists buy when they travel to Isfahan.
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