turkey-worked

Updated: May 11, 2025

Some were of hides, some of tanned leather, some of embroidered Russian leather. As a substitute for wardrobes or closets in every bed room were chests, in which were kept the most costly articles of clothing, the linen, trinkets of value and occasionally plate. Chairs of various kinds were used, the most costly being the Russian leather chair and the Turkey-worked chair.

Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker - Patrician and Plebeian: Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion

Here came not only the tall ships from England bearing everything used upon the plantations from match-locks and armour to satin bodice and perfumed periwig, from plow and spit to Turkey-worked chairs and silver plate, from oatmeal, cheese, and wine to nutmegs and Shakespeare's plays; but here came also tramp craft broad, deep-laden bottoms from the Netherlands, and English and Dutch boats from the West Indies.

Cortelle Hutchins - Virginia: the Old Dominion