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English: A small rug, with horizontal strips in alternating kilim and cicim techniques.

The large motifs (in black and orange) are called ‘Tarak’ (comb) and express the hope of a happy marriage. The white motifs with two curls, in the narrow strips on the top and in the bottom of the rug, are called ‘Çengel’ (hook) and are a protection against evil eye, used to reduce the effect of the evil glance, which is believed to be a power possessed by some people, that causes harm, injury, misfortune and even death. Technique and colors are similar to mid-20th century work of Turks living in Bulgaria.

Cicim (pronounced “jijim”) 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’.