Lotto Oushak Rug
1 80 by 1 09 m.
Lotto oushak rug. 140 x 108 cm daniele ghigo star ushak carpet first half 16th century christies london oriental rugs and carpets 2 october 2012. Uşak carpets ushak carpets or oushak carpets turkish. An oushak lotto rug west anatolia early 16th century remnants of original kilim ends oxidized browns rewoven side guard stripes sides fraying small reweaves scattered repiling approximately 5 ft. Oushak rug vintage rug turkish rug floor rug small rug handmade rug pastel color rug woven rug rug rugs 61x41 inch 5x3 4 feet oldcarpetshop.
Condition 9 of the conditions of business for buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot. Artist lorenzo lotto and the history of the lotto carpets. They come in central or small allover medallion designs as well as scattered sprays of vine scroll and palmettes. The 16th and 17th centuries are called the golden age of carpet weaving.
5 out of 5 stars 145 145 reviews. Smyrna is its port city. Property from a prominent private collectionan oushak lotto carpet fragment west anatolialate 16th early 17th centuryapproximately 127 by 82 cm please note. Make offer lovely oushak turkish antique 1880 s hand knotted wool oriental rug 1 7 x 3 vintage turkish oushak ushak kilim with woven pile rug size 5 10 x7 2 4 275 00.
An ushak lotto carpet with a golden ground border in medallion design west anatolia 17th century. Antique turkish oushak rugs such as these are desirable today as highly decorative pieces. Estimations based on trade records dowries and estates suggest that hundreds of thousands of early carpets were produced and traded during that time. Uşak kilimi are turkish carpets that use a particular family of designs called by convention after the city of uşak turkey one of the larger towns in western anatolia which was a major center of rug production from the early days of the ottoman empire into the early 20th century although these patterns were woven in other.
When things become more clear toward 1900 the oushak region re emerges as a major center this time for room size decorative rugs. However it is believed that only about 2 3 000 carpets and carpet fragments are still in existence today. Oushak rugs were among the first oriental pile carpets to reach europe and for centuries they have appeared in old master paintings in both religious and secular scenes. Lotto oushak rug ca.