Ashrafi duzi (Sekkeh duzi)
One of the decorative manual arts typical of Iran responds to the name of Sekkeh duzi.
The Sekkeh duzi is an embroidery that represents a profession both for the population that lives in the Kordestān and Baluchestān areas and for the no-madi established in the Province of Chahār Mahāl or Bakhtiyāri. This art, despite a lack of drawings or particular images, falls into the category of embroidery due to the stitching of the coins on the fabric.
Under the name of Sekkeh duzi are the seams (on fabrics or on clothes) of various types of coins, of white or colored buttons, of shells, of kharmohreh, of small or large fragments of mirrors, of scales, etc.
The small metal coins (which in the past were the ten shāhi or the two, the five and the ten riyāl) were attached, by welding, to thin and elegant cheeses and then sewn to local clothes. Considering the amount of folds of a traditional feminine dress, usually each dress was sewn with two-hundred coins of the same weight. This gave the dress a particular appearance. This type of decoration was mostly used during the holidays.
Nowadays, the Sekkeh duzi has been replaced by the use of reading fake coins and colorful semi-precious stones.
Currently, the Sekkeh duzi is used for the production of rutakhti (co-inserts for the beds), ornaments for the walls of the rooms, some parts of clothes, bags, etc.
In this art (especially as regards wall decorations) fabrics of a particular geometric shape (for example, triangles or cut diamonds) are generally used. After the processing of the Sekkeh duzi, these are joined to each other reaching higher dimensions.
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