Turkey workn.
Turkish tapestry work, or an imitation of this. Also attributive.
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Turkey work1537
Gobelin tapestry?1750
Gobelin1802
Beauvais tapestry1885
1537 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1908) I. i. 101 The carpet of turkey warke.
1608 R. Tofte tr. L. Ariosto Satyres iii. 33 I..vnder rugs, as much safe quiet hold, As vnder Turkie workes, Arras or gold.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 143 Fine ones are made at Caire, and are called Turkie-work Carpets.
1697 J. Vanbrugh Relapse iii. 56 Set all the Turkey-work Chairs in their places.
1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 83 Turkey-work English, for Chairs.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 84. ⁋8 A large screen, which I had undertaken to adorn with turkey-work against winter, made very slow advances.
Derivatives
Turkey-worked adj.
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1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xli. 157 Four old turkey-worked chairs, bursten-bottomed, the stuffing staring out.
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