"Lotto" Carpet, late XVI century, Western Turkey, Ottoman Empire. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Date: late 16th century
Geography: Turkey Culture: Islamic Medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile);
symmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: H. 121 1/4 in. (308 cm) W. 69
1/4 in. (175.9 cm) W. of top of rug: 68 3/4 in. (174.6 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Purchase, The Seley Foundation
Inc. and The Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1978
Accession Number: 1978.24
Provenance: Private collection, Rome (until
1977); sale, Lefevre & Partners, London, November 25, 1977, no. 34, to MMA
(£24 000)
References Denny, Walter B. How to Read Islamic Carpets. New Haven
and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 36-37, ill. fig. 25 (color).
"Incense Burner with Domed Cover Islamic, Abbasid period (750–1258),
8th–9th century Bronze; cast, pierced, and incised H. 5 3/8 in. (13.6
cm) Gr. L. 9 1/2 in. (24.2 cm) Attributed to: Iran Fletcher Fund,
1976
" Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin vol. 36 (1975-1979). pp.
21-22, ill. (b/w).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Annual Report
(1977). p. 47.
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