Chinese Carpets in the V&A

August 19, 2013

Part of the continuing series of In-Depth archive articles from early issues of HALI. Here the King, Pinner & Franses team focus on the Chinese carpet collection in London’s Victoria & Albert Museum. First published in HALI 5/2, 1982. To read the article, please click here 

Lion-dog carpet, Ningxia, western China, 18th/19th century. V&A, T-103, 1909.

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