Arabesque Antique

Ornamental corner spandrels introduce arabesque scrollwork and flowering branches, creating graceful architectural anchors at each end of the composition.

This rare antique rug, woven circa 1930, showcases an elegant ivory field centered by a richly ornamented medallion, surrounded by scrolling floral arabesques and refined corner span...

Commanding the center is an elaborate quatrefoil medallion, distinguished by graceful cusped contours, a radiant floral rosette, and symmetrical arabesque embellishments. Its archite...

At the core of the field, a sharp diamond medallion filled with delicate floral arabesques rests upon a rich olive-green ground. Encircling this center is a cream-colored rectangular...

Dramatic corner spandrels interrupt the meticulous field with sweeping arabesques, oversized palmettes, curling leaves, and powerful vegetal forms set against deep navy passages.

Enclosing the exceptional composition is a magnificent navy botanical border, distinguished by an elaborate procession of scrolling arabesques, blooming palmettes, serrated leaves, a...

Interlaced with scrolling arabesques, stylized blossoms, and weather-softened abrash striations, the composition radiates a lyrical quality — as though the rug itself breathes with t...

Surrounding this intricate landscape is a distinguished Herat-inspired palmette border, its procession of stylized blossoms, foliate arabesques, and scrolling tendrils establishing a...

Elegant hoop earrings, each oval in shape and delicately engraved with small floral motifs and arabesques along the edge. In the center, a shell cameo is set in a closed setting.

An elegant antique pendant consisting of an openwork link that holds, as a pendant, a triangular motif delicately engraved with arabesque patterns. Three pendants featuring the same ...

The exceptional field unfolds in a sumptuous allover pattern of Shah Abbas palmettes, stylized lotus blossoms, iris forms, serrated leaves, and branching arabesques that move in rhyt...

Elaborate ivory corner spandrels radiate inward with sweeping arabesques, flowering branches, stylized foliage, and enigmatic motifs, creating dramatic counterpoints to the open pass...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of highly decorative antique Middle Eastern table lamps, fashioned from a finely engraved b...

Commanding the center is an ornamental medallion, its scalloped silhouette flourishing with blooming palmettes, rosettes, and scrolling arabesques. Radiating outward, an intricate al...

Unfolding across the expansive field is an intricate allover floral composition, an enchanting garden of blooming palmettes, arabesque vines, feathery botehs, rosettes, millefleur sp...

Artfully decorated silver clock by a Viennese master: Silver figure of a Roman foot soldier or squire in a short tunic with a leather apron, standing on a small, stepped round plinth...

Across the expansive field unfolds an elaborate allover arrangement of blooming palmettes, lotus blossoms, undulating cloudband motifs, and stylized florals intertwined with sinuous ...

At the heart of this exceptional composition, the central medallion unfolds through a succession of scalloped contours and interlacing arabesques. Blooming palmettes, delicate rosett...

Long serrated saz leaves sweep through the field with expressive movement, embodying growth and the perpetual cycle of nature. Interlocking arabesque vines bind these individual blos...

This rare antique Turkish Hereke rug, woven circa 1880, is an exceptional masterpiece distinguished by its extraordinarily fine weave, elegant floral center medallion, and intricate ...

Within the main field, a subtle, light-colored background pattern of delicate arabesques, known as the islimi motif, adds depth and texture beneath the floating floral sprays.

Its expansive field unfolds as an idealized garden, densely populated with Shah Abbas palmettes, lotus blossoms, rosettes, serrated leaves, and scrolling arabesque vines. This stunni...

Amid the tracery are sinuous forms and floral arabesques, each rendered with a confident looseness that reveals the weaver’s mastery not only of design, but of feeling.

Rather than establishing a strong focal point through contrast, the design unfolds gradually, with fluid arabesques and stylized botanical motifs moving seamlessly across the field.

The architectural beauty of this Aubusson is further expressed through its symmetrical arrangement of ornamental cartouches, festooned garlands, and sweeping arabesques. Positioned t...

Each frame is constructed in carved wood and retains its original dark polychrome surface enriched with original gilded foliate and arabesque decoration. The restrained architectural...

It is presented in a giltwood frame incised with arabesque ornament and fitted with a title plaque reading ‘Arab Horsemen crossing a River’.

The combination of geometric ornament, arabesques and highly stylised flowers reflects the rich decorative vocabulary of North African Islamic art, where complex repeating patterns a...

Across the exceptional field, an intricate network of palmettes, lotus blossoms, peonies, rosettes, serrated leaves, flowering stems, buds, and arabesque vines forms a luxuriant bota...

Surrounding the medallion, an allover botanical arrangement unfolds through sweeping arabesque vinery, curved sickle leaves, stylized florals, and branching tendrils.

Encircling the center is a magnificent garden of blooming palmettes, serrated leaves, stylized blossoms, rosettes, and sinuous arabesque vines. In Persian decorative tradition, flora...

The sumptuous red field unfolds as a grand allover botanical tableau, richly orchestrated with Shah Abbas palmettes, lotus blossoms, rosettes, split-leaf arabesques, curling vines, a...

Outlined by sweeping arabesque cloudbands and scrolling acanthus leaves, the composition breathes with both structure and softness, symmetry and surrender.

Ivory corner spandrels provide an architectural counterpoint to the ornate centerpiece, their angular outlines framing a profusion of flowering branches, arabesques, and foliate orna...

Delicate floral sprays emerge between scrolling branches, while ornamental roundels and intricate arabesques introduce moments of visual distinction.

Graceful scrolling foliage, stylized anthemia, circular paterae, floral devices, and delicate arabesques are arranged symmetrically against warm ochre, russet, and golden grounds.

The composition is centered around an elegant ivory medallion set against a rich midnight-blue field, surrounded by an intricate network of stylized palmettes, flowering vines, grace...

The decoration reflects the 19th-century fascination with Hispano-Moresque ceramics, combining metallic lustre with Moorish arches, palmettes, and densely patterned arabesque ornamen...

A stunning antique ring from the Napoleon III era; its band is extremely flat against the finger and is engraved with floral motifs and arabesques on the top and on either side of th...

The richly saturated sapphire-blue field is adorned with an allover arrangement of exquisitely drawn floral bouquets, delicate palmettes, scrolling vines, and flowing arabesques. Rat...

The design possesses an unmistakable Andalusian sensibility, reminiscent of the ornamental gardens, carved stucco, and arabesque decoration associated with Moorish architecture.

The apron is pierced throughout in a continuous scrolling arabesque of interlocking quatrefoils and stylized foliate motifs, lending an airy, lace-like quality that plays beautifully...

Woven with fine hand-spun wool, it displays a beautifully proportioned midnight-blue central medallion set against a warm rose-red field, surrounded by an intricate network of scroll...

The luminous ivory field is beautifully balanced by elegant sky-blue corner spandrels that frame a finely drawn floral medallion. Delicate arabesques, palmettes, and flowering vines ...

The enamelled scrollwork around the foot repeats the colour palette found in the floral panels, tying the vessel together visually. These scrolling arabesques, with touches of green,...

The interplay of saturated hues, graceful arabesques, and time-softened wool creates an inviting sense of warmth, recalling the interiors of ancestral residences and private European...

This warm ground is elegantly complemented by accents of pale celadon, soft aqua, and ivory, which articulate the intricate network of floral vinery and arabesque motifs. The design ...

The painted reserves are surrounded by elaborate gilded cartouches of scrolling foliage, flowers, and arabesques. The shoulders are fitted with magnificent gilt-bronze scrolling han...

The rectangular tray is decorated throughout with hand-chased ornament, the recessed field and raised rim covered in scrolling arabesques, interlacing strapwork and geometric diaper ...

During the later Victorian period, Adam’s delicate classical ornament—arabesques, palmettes, urns, floral sprays, painted decoration, and slender architectural forms—enjoyed a signif...

Beautiful chiselled and gilded bronze centerpiece composed of a finely pierced bowl with an openwork rim of remarkable delicacy, decorated with scrolling foliage, arabesques, and int...

The field features a central frame showcasing arabesque and palmette motifs. Elegant, flowing vine work and fan-shaped floral motifs that create a sense of rhythmic movement across t...

The spacious ivory field creates a striking contrast with the intricately drawn midnight-blue border, which is filled with scrolling vines, palmettes, rosettes, and flowering arabesq...

At the center is a delicate floral bouquet surrounded by scrolling foliate arabesques, stylized leaves, curving cartouches, and ornamental flourishes.

Yet, executed here on regional village looms, the flowing floral arabesques are brilliantly transformed into crisp, angular branches and stylized blossoms.

The carpet features a luminous ivory field filled with an intricate garden of scrolling arabesques, flowering vines, palmettes, rosettes, and delicate blossoms arranged in remarkable...

This flow is defined by a disciplined islimi (arabesque), employing a mathematical lyricism where each blossom is precisely scaled to maintain a perpetual visual cadence.

The decorative surface features finely engraved brass arabesques and floral tendrils, inlaid in reddish tortoiseshell or imitation tortoiseshell, a technique widely used in the 19th ...

It is set against a vibrant, stenciled red damask or arabesque visual frame printed directly onto the trunk's canvas or leather exterior.

The carpet displays a richly saturated coral-red field adorned with an intricate all-over scrolling arabesque and floral vine pattern. Rather than relying on a dominant central medal...