From the 1660s, inventories of Londoner's parlours and the new dining rooms show the mixed hierarchical seating of the first half of the seventeenth century replaced by suites of chairs, often described as 'turkey work'. This referred to the top covers of their upholstery which was made of turkey work - a cloth with a woollen knotted pile made in England which resembled Eastern carpets. While the use of turkey work for furnishings was not a new thing, the shift to a suite of non-hierarchical chairs without the mix of seating was.