Medallion carpet - Turkey, Usak, 1520-1530 - Pile knotted in wool on a wool foundation, symmetrical knot - L. 5.48 m; W. 2.62 m - Musée du Louvre, acquired 1995 - MAO 959 Court carpets such as this Usak medallion carpet were based on designs supplied by calligraphers and illuminators. The border pattern allows us to date the piece: there are some similarities with a carpet with braided pseudo-Kufic script, from a group of five Usak carpets thought to be the oldest in existence. However, only the base of the script has survived, and the knot is here replaced by a lotus flower. The knot in question is omnipresent between 1510 and 1520, a detail that allows us to date the Louvre carpet to the period immediately following this, starting in 1520
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