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
On View
On viewClassificationsFurniture
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"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 1675
1695–1710
about 1650–1700
1665–80
about 1660–95
about 1825–30
1790–1800
