'Lotto' Carpet
Carpets displaying this striking design of stylized vegetal arabesques in yellow on a red ground are often called "Lotto" carpets after a famous altarpiece by Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto that depicts a similar carpet. Early examples of Lotto carpets exhibit borders like the one seen here. Thought to derive from a rectilinear form of Arabic script known as kufic, this type of interlaced border is characteristic of many early Turkish carpets.
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Artwork Details
- Title: 'Lotto' Carpet
- Date: 16th century
- Geography: Attributed to Turkey
- Medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions: Rug: L. 85 1/2 in. (217.2 cm)
W. 51 1/4 in. (130.2 cm)
Wt. 19 lbs. (8.6 kg) with cradle - Classification: Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908
- Object Number: 08.167.1
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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