Siirt Jacket - M sesami-service year after year

year after year

This was a blanket made entirely from what was at hand

reflecting the weaver’s heritage and community ties

The worn color and the insistence of the pattern are not age — they are evidence of an object made with complete intention

Siirt Jacket - M sesami-service year after yearOne 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