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<p>Warp-faced weavings with its unique technique,characteristic motifs and patterns are woven in manysettlements in Anatolia. This weaving pattern is rarelywoven today. The last remaining samples continue tobe used especially in places where Yörük life continues.These samples that are woven with a system named kirkitand sword varying according to the regions are wovenfor different uses such as floor mat, saddle bag, prayerrug, bag, parzun and girth. It is named with differentlocal names depending on the area of use or the placeit touches. Warp-faced weavings are weaves with adifferent face and reverse. While wool is used as warpand weft yarn in general of the weavings, hair is usedin some weaving instead of wool. Geometric motifs aremostly preferred on the basis of warp faced weavings.The pattern compositions of the weavings are arrangedwith belts that repeat vertically and transversely, parallelto each other at certain intervals in the direction ofthe ground warp. The interior of these generations isdecorated with chick’s eye, eye, hook, diamond, amulet,dovetail, ram horn, waterway and old Turkish motifs.In our country, warp faced weaving samples are seenamong the weavings made in provinces such as Hakkâri,Tunceli, Bitlis, Van, Kars, Şanlıurfa, Giresun, Isparta, Mersin,Niğde, Ardahan, Malatya and Adıyaman. The preparationand production stages of weaving are supported withphotographic images and analysis of some weavingsamples are included within the scope of warp-facedweaving.</p> |
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