For a brief discussion of the "Lotto" group of rugs, please see lot 90 of this catalogue. The field design on the present rug, with the incorporation of additional curlicues in the arabesque lattice, illustrates the rarest of design type of the "Lotto" pattern classified by Ellis as the ornamental-style (Ellis, C. G.: "The 'Lotto' Pattern as a Fashion in Carpets," Festschrift fr Peter Wilhelm Meister, 1975, pp.19-31). The ragged palmette border of this rug can also be found in other examples of the "Lotto" group as well as other groups of Turkish rugs (see Kertesz-Badrus, Andrei: Trkische Teppiche in Siebenbrgen, Bucharest, 1985, fig. 26 for a "Lotto" example and Dimand, M. S. and Mailey, Jean: Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, p.187, fig. 165 for a Star Ushak example). Another rug witth both the ornamental-style field and the ragged-palmette border is illustrated in Lefevre & Partners: Turkish Carpets from the 16th to the 19th Century, London, 1977, no. 8.