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Examples appear in Italian Renaissance paintings and are also depicted by north European artists such as Hans Holbein. Certain carpet designs became known in Europe by the names of the artists who painted them, including Holbein and Lorenzo Lotto.\r\n\r\nA major centre of carpet production was the town of Usak in western Turkey. Weavers there began to use new designs based on medallions of different types during the reign of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror (1451–81). Mehmet himself probably commissioned these designs. They were then used in commercial production for several centuries afterwards.\r\n\r\nThis fragment is made up of a number of pieces cut from the same carpet. The original design was one of the most accomplished variations of the so-called 'star Usak' pattern, and it may be one of the earliest examples.","physicalDescription":"Carpet fragments, Variant Star Ushak pattern, hand knotted woollen pile on woollen warp and weft, Turkish, 16th century\r\nWARP: white wool; Z2S; 16 threads per inch (64 per dm).\r\nWEFT: red wool; Z spun, unplied; 2 shoots after every row of knots;10 knots per inch (40 per dm).\r\nPILE: wool; 9 colours: red, yellow, dark green, light green, dark blue, blue, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 80 knots per sq. inch (1280 per sq. dm).\r\nSIDE FINISH: cut\r\nEND FINISH: cut\r\nDESIGN: Field: Red ground; the elements preserved in these fragments include, towards the lower end, a red indented ocatgon within four, dark blue knot-linked, broad-leaf shapes; above is a dark blue indented diamond and, above the join, a second. At the edges, half of the diamond is at 90 degrees; these and the other figures ar filled with flowers that also grow on the light green stems that are traced across the field.\r\nInner border: yellow ground with a black meander with buds and leaves.\r\nCatalogue Date: 15.07.98","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"wool","id":"x30441"}],"techniques":[{"text":"weaving","id":"AAT53642"},{"text":"knotting","id":"AAT53635"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Hand knotted woollen pile on woollen warp and weft","categories":[{"text":"Floor coverings","id":"THES48953"},{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"}],"styles":[{"text":"Ottoman","id":"AAT21614"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MES","id":"THES48607"},"images":["2006AK5732"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"42 (VA)","id":"THES49806"},"free":"","case":"WE14","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Carpet","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Usak","id":"x34585"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1450-1500","earliest":"1450-01-01","latest":"1500-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"232","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"228.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"minimum","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"170","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"168","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"minimum","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"180","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum, board","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Carpet fragment, Turkey (probably Usak), 1450-1500.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Delpot, Eric et al. <i>Le Ciel dans un Tapis.</font> Gand : Snoeck, Gand, 2004","id":"AUTH354360"},"details":"p.142","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Franses, M. and Pinner, R. \"The 'Classical' Carpets of the 15th to 17th Centuries\" (part 1 of an article on \"Turkish Carpets in the Victoria & Albert Museum\"), <i>Hali</i> 6 (1984): 367 and colour plate II."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Jameel Gallery \r\n\r\nCarpet Fragment\r\nTurkey, probably Uşak\r\n1450–1500\r\n\r\nThis fragment is made up of a number of pieces cut from the same carpet. 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