Setting
Taft lies in the foothills of Shirkuh, cooler than Yazd, with pomegranate and walnut gardens along the water channels.
Why this place matters for craft
The district is known for fruit and for Zoroastrian pilgrimage sites in the nearby mountains. Craft is household-scale: textiles, knitting and food products.
Quarters, bazaars and workshops
| Area | What is there |
|---|---|
| Town centre | Small market; fruit and preserves alongside textiles. |
What to look for on an object
- Household weaving — Narrow loom widths joined by hand seams in larger pieces.
These notes are for learning to look, not for authentication. No description here certifies an object, its age or its origin.
Practical notes
- A short trip from Yazd, best combined with the mountain shrines.
- Workshop addresses, bazaar hours and market days change; confirm locally before travelling.
Season: Spring and autumn.
Used in these crafts
A patterned Iranian brocade woven with supplementary wefts, historically in silk and wool, associated above all with Yazd and Kerman.
A non-woven wool textile made by matting and pressing raw wool fibres with moisture, heat and friction rather than by weaving, traditionally produced across Iran for floor coverings, cloaks and protective mats.
A dense, pileless cotton floor covering woven on a horizontal loom, historically centred on the town of Meybod near Yazd, known for its plain-weave structure and geometric pattern created through warp and weft colour arrangement.