The Chelsea Carpet is so called because the Museum purchased it from a dealer in Chelsea (in southwest London), named Alfred Cohen, in 1890. Aside from this, the carpet's provenance is not known, but its quality of design and production strongly suggests a court-level workshop in early sixteenth-century Iran.
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The Chelsea Carpet is so called because the Museum purchased it from a dealer in Chelsea (in southwest London), named Alfred Cohen, in 1890. Aside from this, the carpet's provenance is not known, but its quality of design and production strongly suggests a court-level workshop in early sixteenth-century Iran.