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Turkey-work chair
about 1675
Object Place: England or America
Medium/Technique
Maple, beech, turkey-work upholstery, oak
Dimensions
Overall: 94 x 52.1 x 48.3 cm (37 x 20 1/2 x 19 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession Number43.1509
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds
"Turkey work" imitated Persian and Asian carpets. It often was used in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries as an upholstery material.
ProvenanceHistory of ownership: 1943, bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler (Accession Date December 9, 1943)