"Lotto" Carpet

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: ca. 1600
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)
Origin: Turkey
Department: Islamic Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #9B3A14 · 36%

Dried Marigold · Orange family · #B7863E · 17%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #87522A · 8%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #584939 · 8%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #70280D · 7%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #6F4A31 · 5%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #9C6220 · 3%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #521E0B · 3%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #3B4C43 · 2%

Madder Lake · Red family · #A7260D · 2%

Wheat Straw · Yellow family · #CFA764 · 2%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #2F3A47 · 2%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #736539 · 2%

Lampblack · Black family · #160E03 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #010104 · <1%

Terracotta Slip · Orange family · #CF5C32 · <1%

Lead Type · Gray family · #737B88 · <1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #273A67 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Purchase, The Seley Foundation Inc. and The Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1978

8 tags

Flora Visual · 94%

Stylized leaves, blossoms, rosettes, and branching vegetal forms recur throughout the field and border.

Patterns Visual · 99%

Repeated floral-like, branching, and geometric motifs cover the central field and border, producing an extensively patterned surface.
Geometric Visual · 96%

Angular branching stems, stepped contours, polygonal details, and geometric border units structure the design.
Symmetrical Visual · 95%

The central field is organized around a strong vertical axis, with repeated motifs balanced across the width of the rug.
Dense Composition Visual · 97%

Motifs are closely packed across the field and broad outer border, leaving relatively little unpatterned ground.

Pre-20th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the rug to circa 1600, with a date range of 1575–1625, placing it before the twentieth century.

Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 84%

The museum records the work in its Islamic Art department and identifies its place of origin as Turkey.

Rug Metadata · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the object as a carpet and as Textiles-Rugs, and titles it “Lotto” Carpet.

Unknown artist. "Lotto" Carpet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.