Chelsea Carpet

The Chelsea Carpet is a 16th century Persian carpet in the Victoria & Albert Museum’s possession. The carpet was woven in Persia in the first half of the sixteenth century, during the reign of the Safavid dynasty.

The Chelsea Carpet. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Detail of the Chelsea Carpet © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Link: Victoria & Albert Museum, London


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