Close-up of a flat-woven rug, composed of narrow strips (in the photograph: three). The weaving technique used is: ‘cicim’ (pronounced: jijim). The object itself is probably a large blanket for a horse, to be used during weddings (when the bride is taken on horseback to the house of her future parents-in-law, where her husband-to-be is waiting for her). 20th century work,

Cicim is one of four Anatolian flat-woven rug types; the other three are kilim, zili and sumak/soumak.
The technique used for ‘cicim’ is: on a plain woven underground, a second horizontal coloured weft strand (thicker than the one used for the underground) creates the decorative design, in which diagonal lines dominate. The thickness of the second weft strand causes the impression of a second layer on top of the woven underground, which is – technically spoken – not the case. The technique is sometimes referred to as ‘brocading’.
Many cicim-weaves are from Yörük origin, and 100% wool (no cotton used).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Günaydın Anadolu – Tradities van Turkije’ – cataloog Tentoonstelling Hessenhuis/Antwerpen 1988
& The Kavak Collection of Anatolian Rugs and Weavings, Antwerpen/Belgium.