"Lotto" carpet, mid XVI century, Western Turkey, Ushak Region, Ottoman Empire. formerly Kund Collection, Iparmuveszeti Muzeum (Museum of Applied Art), Budapest, Inventory number: 93.33.1

Structure: Warp: wool, Z2S, ivory, alternate warps (left ones) slightly depressed: Weft: wool, 1Z, red, 2 shoots, "lazy lines"; Ends; cut; Sides: cut; Pile:
wool, 2Z, ten colours: red, yellow, blue 2, green, ochre, pink, violet, brown, ivory;
Size: 70x270cm
Knot density: 1116 knots / dm2
Length: 277 cm
Width: 70 cm
Pattern: Field: on a crimson red ground "Lotto" pattern in yellow, according to Ch. G. Ellis in "Anatolian style"; Border: in the yellow main stripe
Condition: Left corner and other fragments of the original carpet, cut and pieced together, badly worn with holes.
Provenance: formerly of the Kund collection (no. 130.), Budapest, 1993.


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