Image: Artistic Exchange: Europe and the Islamic World

Image: Anatolia, 16th century
Fragment of a large pattern Holbein carpet
wool pile on wool foundation
Museum für Islamische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany 
© Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz/Art Resource, NY

"Lotto" rug, Ushak region, Turkey, 16th century
wool pile on wool foundation
Philadelphia Museum of Art:
The Joseph Lees Williams Memorial Collection, 1955-65-9

The stylized arabesque design consisting of alternating octagonal and cruciform elements has no fixed beginning or ending and was woven in many sizes.

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