“Turkish” chairs—easy chairs with decoratively tufted and pleated leather upholstery—made up part of the furnishings when the first House Office Building opened in 1908. The building marked the first time all Representatives had office space. While spare, the rooms each had file cabinets, a desk, a mirror, and these stupendous examples of the upholsterer’s craft. The chairs, along with divans, were supplied by the Julius Lansburgh Company of Washington, DC.
