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"Lotto" rug with cartouche border, late XVI century, Western Turkey, Ushak Region, Ottoman Empire. 295x185cm. Mirco Cattai, Milano
ReferencesDenny, Walter B. How to Read Islamic Carpets. New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 36-37, ill. fig. 25 (color).