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Peshtemal is a woven fabric used in  Turkish baths to cover the waist down or to keep clothes from getting dirty while working. It is also a traditional clothing that is still being used by women at Eastern Black Sea,  Turkey . The ones that contain silk are called “Fota” or “Futa” The word “peshtemal” itself has Persion roots. A peshtemal often has colored stripes as pattern. It is made of linen or cotton. Its length is more than a meter (about more than 3 feet) and its width is about seventy five to eighty centimeters (about 2,5 feet). Peshtemals used to have stitcheries at both sides. Also there are some peshtemals that are brocaded. Some peshtemals used to have some writings on it, mostly poems. Peshtemal is used in very different ways. The first usage way of Anatolian peshtemal is in Turkish baths. They vary from men to women. Men use it from the waist down and women use it from the armpit down. Its width is larger and the sides of it have tassels. The other us...