Bespoke Natural Dyed Lotto Rug - 2005


Technical Data

Size
6'. 1" x 4'. 6" (approx:)

Knot
Symmetrical (Turkish)

Pile
Handspun wool
Single ply

Warp
Double twist
Wool

Wefts
Wool

Dyestuffs Used
Madder
Natural Indigo
Gul-e-Tesu
Pomegranate Rind
Gul-e-Asbarg
Walnut Rind

the
design
portfolio

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names to see
larger, 50k
images.


Lahore Bird


Ambi


Mahi


Kafsadeh



Back view - 2" x 2"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Special thanks to Ms Mary Jo Otsea
of Sotheby's for providing us extremely userful detailed
technical and structural information about
a Lotto rug sold in 2001.


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