Siirt Jacket - M sesami-service they represent an era when

they represent an era when resourcefulness and upkeep were integral to daily life

year after year

Crewelwork — embroidery worked in wool thread on a woven ground — has its roots in the printed cottons arriving into Europe from India in the 17th century

the weft packed so tightly that the warp disappears entirely beneath it

These scarves are as real as the hands that used them

Siirt Jacket - M sesami-service they represent an era whenOne of one c. 1900 Southeastern Anatolia Provenance Cut from a Siirt blanket, Southeastern Anatolia, circa 1900. Made from the hair of Angora goats grazed across the high plateaus of the region one of the few materials that could hold warmth against a winter that offered none. Siirt blankets were a staple of Anatolian and Kurdish households for centuries, woven by hand and passed between generations. Shepherds carried them into the mountains. Families