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Gold Antique Persian Tabriz Lotto Design Rug 48248

Size: 7 ft 4 in x 11 ft (2.24 m x 3.35 m)
Origin: Persian Rugs

Bold and precisely woven throughout, this antique Persian carpet from Tabriz is an excellent example of what is known as a “Lotto Carpet.”

A Beautiful Gold Antique Persian Tabriz Lotto Design Rug, Country Of Origin: Persia, Circa Date: First Quarter of the Twentieth Century – Here is an impressive and impeccably woven antique Oriental rug – an antique Tabriz carpet that was woven in Persia during the early years of the twentieth century. Bold and precisely woven throughout, this antique Persian carpet is an excellent example of what is known as a “Lotto Carpet.” This term comes from the name of the sixteenth century Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto, who painted a number of such pieces in his depictions of his contemporaries.

The red and gold coloration of this carpet is popular in Lotto Carpets – themselves very rare – while the pattern of alternating crosses and boxes with rich arabesques that is on display here is what makes these antique rugs a unique development in the world of Persian rugs. A similarly complex series of borders serves as the perfect frame for this complex composition, its stunningly precisely linework an excellent anticipation of the complexity of the field. Precisely woven throughout and featuring a fascinating history, this antique Tabriz carpet is an exciting and genuinely remarkable example.

From and artistic point of view, the lotto design rugs are iconic in and of themselves. But that aside, this specific gold color background antique Persian Lorenzo Lotto design Tabriz rug is a wonderfully decorative and quite a happy area rug as well. This here Persian Tabriz room size area rug features an all over rug pattern. This makes it easy to place and position the rug in your current interior design and whiting your existing furniture layout. The use of happier and more primal colors, combined with the geometric rug pattern, give the Lotto design rug a transitional look and feel that could compliment the most classic and traditional interiors as well as interior designs that are more casual and rustic.

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