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Chevrons stacked on chevrons, each one a different world. That's the logic of this Yörük cicim from Malatya — and once you see it, you can't unsee it.
This cicim doesn't decorate a room. It inhabits it.
Handcrafted in Malatya (Turkey) by Yörük weavers — Turkey's nomadic tribal people
Vintage — mid-20th century
Mut cicim — a rare supplementary weft technique, now barely practiced. Extraordinarily labor-intensive, and increasingly rare.
Naturally dyed in warm grey and aged charcoal
Vibrant synthetic dyes in gold, magenta, violet, cobalt, olive and red
One of a kind — never repeated, never mass-produced
High-quality wool, built to last generations
Dominating motif: Çengel — (Hook) The hooked motif appears here in its most expansive form: forked, branching, endlessly doubling back on itself across every chevron band. In Anatolian weaving tradition, the çengel is one of the oldest protective symbols — a ward against the evil eye, woven into the fabric so that protection travels with the textile wherever it goes. Here, it fills the entire field. Row after row, color after color. As if one layer of protection was never going to be enough.
≈ 112 × 145
Chevrons stacked on chevrons, each one a different world. That's the logic of this Yörük cicim from Malatya — and once you see it, you can't unsee it.
This cicim doesn't decorate a room. It inhabits it.
Handcrafted in Malatya (Turkey) by Yörük weavers — Turkey's nomadic tribal people
Vintage — mid-20th century
Mut cicim — a rare supplementary weft technique, now barely practiced. Extraordinarily labor-intensive, and increasingly rare.
Naturally dyed in warm grey and aged charcoal
Vibrant synthetic dyes in gold, magenta, violet, cobalt, olive and red
One of a kind — never repeated, never mass-produced
High-quality wool, built to last generations
Dominating motif: Çengel — (Hook) The hooked motif appears here in its most expansive form: forked, branching, endlessly doubling back on itself across every chevron band. In Anatolian weaving tradition, the çengel is one of the oldest protective symbols — a ward against the evil eye, woven into the fabric so that protection travels with the textile wherever it goes. Here, it fills the entire field. Row after row, color after color. As if one layer of protection was never going to be enough.
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