Turkish Taste at the Court of Marie-Antoinette

At a Glance

Exhibition
Turkish Taste at the Court of Marie-Antoinette
Dates
June 8, 2011 to September 11, 2011
Museum
The Frick Collection

1 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021

Listing type
Past Exhibitions
Description

France has long been fascinated by the Ottoman Empire, and for hundreds of years the taste for turquerie was evident in French fashion, literature, theater and opera, painting, architecture, and interior decoration. Turquerie, a term that came into use in the early nineteenth century, referred to essentially anything produced in the West that evoked or imitated Turkish culture.