"Lotto" rug, XVII century, Western Turkey, Ushak Region, Ottoman Empire. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (McMullan Collection)

Medium:Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:H. 60 1/4 in. (153 cm)
W. 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm)
Classification:Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1972
Accession Number:1972.80.7
Provenance: Joseph V. McMullan, New York (by 1965–72; gifted to MMA)
References: McMullan, Joseph V., and Ernst J. Grube. Islamic Carpets. New York: Near Eastern Art Research Center, 1965. no. 73, pp. 242-243, ill. pl. 73 (b/w).

Ellis, Charles. Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1988. p. 38.


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