Tekke Turkomen Chirpi Textile Fragment, Azerbaijan, 19th C. Silk on silk. This yellow chirpi fragment comes from a Tekke Turkomen women’s robe. Women wear these robes (chirpi or chyrpy) over their heads and shoulders like a cloak, with the vestigial sleeves hanging down their backs. Tekke Turkomen women tend to embroider them with floral designs, especially tulips, using a lacing stitch (kesdi). Women tend to wear different colors of chirpi depending on the life stage they’re in. Young women usually wear dark blue or black, married women wear yellow, and widowed women wear white. Size: 34'' x 16'', 86 x 41 cm (stretcher).

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