The Hezar Negh Termeh tablecloth turns a metre-square piece of fabric into a hand-embroidered garden, its turquoise ground carrying nine shades of silk thread across a dense field of paisley and floral motifs. Measuring 100 x 100cm, it suits a Persian dining table, a coffee table, or any decorative surface that calls for something with real hand-work behind it, and it travels well as a gift for anyone who collects Persian handicrafts. This handmade Termeh tablecloth is part of the home collection at Persis Collection, where every order supports the Persian artisans who still hand-embroider pieces like this one rather than machine-producing them.
Authentic Persian Tablecloth Gift: Materials and Care
Nine colours of silk thread sit against the turquoise base, worked into continuous paisley (boteh) and floral patterns using sarmeh-douzi embroidery, a raised metallic thread technique built up entirely by hand. The embroidery is padded underneath with maghzi-douzi cording, which gives the motifs their slightly raised, sculpted surface, and the back is finished with a grade-one lining so the stitching sits flat and the cloth keeps its shape on a table. Because the threads and metallic work are delicate, the tablecloth should never be hand-washed or machine-washed; it should go only to a specialist dry cleaner familiar with fine embroidered fabrics, be dusted with a soft dry brush rather than rubbed, and be ironed from the back on a low setting with a protective cloth, avoiding the embroidered areas directly. Keep it away from direct sunlight, damp, perfume and heavy folding, and the colours and raised stitching will hold for years.
The Story Behind the Bagh Hezar Negh Design
The design is called Bagh Hezar Negh, the garden of a thousand motifs, and its turquoise field is meant to echo the sky above the old Persian gardens that inspired it. Small paisley shapes spread across the fabric like leaves, while the border is framed by hand-embroidered flowers and branches that open outward like a garden caught in bloom, and a single gold-toned paisley sits among the corner motifs as a quiet focal point. The turquoise ground also nods to the colour of traditional Persian tilework, giving the piece a calm, detailed quality that sits somewhere between textile and ceramic art. It shares its needlework roots with our Termeh bags collection and pairs naturally with other embroidered table pieces such as our hand-painted Ghalamkari tablecloths. Those curious about the wider craft can read more about traditional embroidery techniques that sarmeh-douzi belongs to.
Specifications:
- Material: Termeh fabric with silk thread embroidery, grade-one lining
- Size: 100 x 100cm
- Weight: 1000g
- Colour: Turquoise background, 9 colours of silk thread
- Design: Bagh Hezar Negh, paisley (boteh) and floral motifs
- Technique: Hand sarmeh-douzi embroidery with maghzi-douzi padding
- Shape: Square
- Care: Dry clean only, do not hand wash or machine wash
