Carpet. Medallion carpet known as the 'Chelsea Carpet', wool knotted pile on silk or possibly cotton foundation, central field design of hunting animals, trees and black medallions on red ground, possibly Tabriz, Safavid Iran, 1500-1550
Object Type
Carpet
Materials and Techniques
Warp: Z2S, silk
Weft: three shoots, silk but query second weft
Wool pile: 470 knots/square inch, asymmetrical open to the left, 13 colours.
Side and end finish: missing
