Siirt Jacket - M sesami-service European weavers

European weavers

This was a blanket made entirely from what was at hand

this grain sack was built for utility—used to haul and store harvests across farms in Central and Eastern Europe

They featured tar stenciling with the farmer's name and unique markings for return after use

Siirt Jacket - M sesami-service European weaversOne 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