Name of Object:

Turkish council seats

Location:

`Ayn Najm, Lebanon

Holding Institution:

Lebanese Heritage Museum

 About The Lebanese University, `Ayn Najm

Date of Object:

19th century

Provenance:

Turkey

Description:

Seats such as these were used to furnish Ottoman councils. They are made of thin mattresses (c. 5cm thick) covered in thick, dark coloured fabric, usually in navy, burgundy or beige.

Type of Object

Furniture

Citation of this web page:

Marie Therese Moujabber "Turkish council seats" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;lb;65;en

Prepared by: Marie Therese Moujabber
Copyedited by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: LB 076