Turkey-work chair

about 1700

Object Place: England

Medium/Technique Oak, turkey-work upholstery

Dimensions Overall: 98 cm (38 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler

Accession Number32.229

CollectionsAmericas

"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