Resht, n.
Pronunciation: Brit /rɛʃt/, U.S. /rɛʃt/
Forms: 18– Resht, 19– Rasht.
Etymology: < Resht, (now usually) Rasht (Persian (Iran) Rasht), the name of the capital of Gilan province in north-west Iran, where these textiles are produced.
The form of the place name Resht shows a former variant transliteration; compare the variation seen in e.g. Mecca n.
Needlework.
attrib. Designating patchwork made in the province or town of Resht in north-west Iran, esp formerly.
1888 A. S. Cole Descr. Catal. Coll Tapestry & Embroidery S. Kensington Mus. 314 Patchwork of cloth of various colours... Resht work. Persian.
1923 Daily Mail 26 Feb. 15 There is also a kind of Persian patch-work called ‘Resht’. It is really an amazingly ingenious mosaic of cloth, only one thickness being used, and was generally arranged in four colours—red, green, grey, and white.
1960 H. Hayward Antique Coll. 237/1 Resht patchwork, a type of mosaic patch~work produced at Resht, Persia, during the 18th and 19th cent. for covers and prayer-rugs. The designs are inlaid in coloured felts with outlines and details worked in coloured silks in chain-stitch and couched-work. Inferior examples are often not true patchwork, as the small pieces are applied to the ground and not inlaid.
2007 C. A. Leslie Needlework through Hist. 41 Extant examples of Resht work date from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries but the technique is much older. Resht work is still done in the traditional style in Iran today.
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