[TURKEY1.] Turkish tapestry work, or an imitation of this. Also attrib. Hence Turkey-worked a.
1537. Wills & Inv. N. C. (Surtees), 101. The carpet of turkey warke.
1608. [Tofte], Ariosto’s Sat., III. (1611), 30. I … vnder rugs, as much safe quiet hold, As vnder Turky workes, Arras or gold.
1687. A. Lovell, trans. Thevenot’s Trav., I. 143. Fine ones are made at Caire, and are called Turkie-work Carpets.
1697. Vanbrugh, Relapse, III. iii. Set all the Turkey-work chairs in their places.
1714. Fr. Bk. of Rates, 83. Turkey-work English, for Chairs.
1748. Richardson, Clarissa, VI. 157. Four old turkey-worked chairs, bursten-bottomed, the stuffing staring out.
1751. Johnson, Rambler, No. 84, ¶ 8. A large screen, which I had undertaken to adorn with turkey-work against winter, made very slow advances.
