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Fragment of a Lotto Carpet
New
128 x 156 cm (4' 2" x 5' 1")
Turkey, second half 16th century
Condition: fragment, scattered low pile, several old repairs
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
Although Lotto carpets are named after the painter Lorenzo Lotto, this type first appears in a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo from 1516. The design was actually developed as early as the 15th century, quickly gained popularity, and evolved into a success story spanning several centuries.
The group of Lotto carpets was classified by Charles Grant Ellis in the Festschrift for Peter Wilhelm Meister (pp. 19-31) into three categories: the later kilim group, the older Anatolian group, and the rarer ornamental group. Our wonderful fragment belongs to the Anatolian group, which is considered significantly more desirable than the kilim pieces.
It is evident that the carpet originally featured a cartouche border, and fortunately, the yellow and red guard stripes on the left side have been preserved. From this, it can be deduced that the carpet was slightly over two meters wide and at least three, but more likely close to four meters long. This alone places it in proximity to a large and famous piece in the Bargello Museum in Florence, which is also designed in the Anatolian style. This comparison piece likewise omits secondary borders, features a cartouche border, and displays an almost identical field design (Inv. no. Varie 68; HALI 83, p. 68). A minor difference is that the cartouches of the Bargello carpet are outlined in yellow, whereas in our fragment, they are edged in light blue.
The pattern of Lotto carpets is linked to the earlier Holbein carpets and to representations of flooring - probably carpets - found in Timurid miniatures. Two fragments in the Keir Collection are also comparable to our piece: see Friedrich Spuhler, Islamic Carpets and Textiles in the Keir Collection, nos. 18 and 19. All four weavings slightly crop the field design, suggesting an infinite repeat pattern - most clearly observable in the Keir example. This classic carpet is remarkable in several respects: its great age, the important group to which it belongs, and the fact that it was part of one of the rare large-format examples. It therefore represents an outstanding addition to the collection of a connoisseur.
Estimate: € 12000 - 16000
Turkey, second half 16th century
Condition: fragment, scattered low pile, several old repairs
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool
Although Lotto carpets are named after the painter Lorenzo Lotto, this type first appears in a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo from 1516. The design was actually developed as early as the 15th century, quickly gained popularity, and evolved into a success story spanning several centuries.
The group of Lotto carpets was classified by Charles Grant Ellis in the Festschrift for Peter Wilhelm Meister (pp. 19-31) into three categories: the later kilim group, the older Anatolian group, and the rarer ornamental group. Our wonderful fragment belongs to the Anatolian group, which is considered significantly more desirable than the kilim pieces.
It is evident that the carpet originally featured a cartouche border, and fortunately, the yellow and red guard stripes on the left side have been preserved. From this, it can be deduced that the carpet was slightly over two meters wide and at least three, but more likely close to four meters long. This alone places it in proximity to a large and famous piece in the Bargello Museum in Florence, which is also designed in the Anatolian style. This comparison piece likewise omits secondary borders, features a cartouche border, and displays an almost identical field design (Inv. no. Varie 68; HALI 83, p. 68). A minor difference is that the cartouches of the Bargello carpet are outlined in yellow, whereas in our fragment, they are edged in light blue.
The pattern of Lotto carpets is linked to the earlier Holbein carpets and to representations of flooring - probably carpets - found in Timurid miniatures. Two fragments in the Keir Collection are also comparable to our piece: see Friedrich Spuhler, Islamic Carpets and Textiles in the Keir Collection, nos. 18 and 19. All four weavings slightly crop the field design, suggesting an infinite repeat pattern - most clearly observable in the Keir example. This classic carpet is remarkable in several respects: its great age, the important group to which it belongs, and the fact that it was part of one of the rare large-format examples. It therefore represents an outstanding addition to the collection of a connoisseur.
Estimate: € 12000 - 16000