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Turkey-work chair

about 1700
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueOak, turkey-work upholstery
DimensionsOverall: 98 cm (38 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession number32.229
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ClassificationsFurniture
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Description
"Turkey work" imitated Persian and Asian carpets. It often was used in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries as an upholstery material.
ProvenanceLent by Charles H. Tyler, October 3, 1928
about 1775
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about 1650–1700
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