Middle Eastern Large Majolica Cobra Snake Sculpture
Located in Queens, NY
Middle Eastern Moorish style (Italian 19/20th cent) Majolica porcelain life sized green and yellow
Category
Antique 19th Century Moorish Statues
Materials
Porcelain
Moorish Statues
Pair Of Vintage Ceramic Elephant Form Garden Stools
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A colorful and very solid feeling Pair of Elephant Garden Stools with good size, weight and style. The color combination of Cobalt, Turquoise, Gold and White is bright yet refined. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Moorish Statues
Materials
Pottery
Important 19th Century Italian Orientalist White Marble Statue of Two Lovers
$35,000
H 47 in W 21.5 in D 15 in
Important 19th Century Italian Orientalist White Marble Statue of Two Lovers
Located in New York, NY
Important antique (19th century) Italian Orientalist white marble statue of two Moorish lovers
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
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Grand Babbit Metal Statue Representing an Egyptian Woman, England, 19th Century
Unavailable
H 25.2 in W 11.03 in D 7.49 in
Grand Babbit Metal Statue Representing an Egyptian Woman, England, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Large Babbit metal statue a woman dressed as an Egyptian, a bare breast, showing part of a deck of
Category
Antique 1860s English Moorish Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Huge Orientalist Theme Statue / Lamp w/Arab Woman Under a Brass Shade w/ Jewels
By Louis Hottot
Located in Petaluma, CA
This lamp is nothing short of remarkable. I have only seen a few of this size and genre in all my 46 years of having an antique shop. The few that survived that are lamps would certa...
Category
Antique 1890s French Moorish Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Spelter
French Bronze Casting of Islamic Mosque, Islam Art Statue, 1900
Located in Potters Bar, Herts
Gorgeous and unusual French bronze casting of a mosque. Really great piece, very detailed with different colored bronzes to each section. Central dome worthy of extra attention wit...
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Antique Early 1900s Moorish More Furniture and Collectibles
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Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
$34,694
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens
Materials
Bone
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
$117,424
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
The White Peacock
By Jessie Arms Botke
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jessie Arms Botke. "The White Peacock" is a wildlife impressionist painting, oil on canvas in a palette of whites, blues, and browns by female, American artist Jessie A...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Marble Sculpture by Vichi, 'Exotic Dancer', for 1914, French Salon
$248,664
H 60.24 in W 29.53 in D 28.75 in
Marble Sculpture by Vichi, 'Exotic Dancer', for 1914, French Salon
By Ferdinando Vichi
Located in London, GB
This astonishing early 20th century Orientalist sculpture is one of the finest of its kind, full of movement, sensuality and effortless charm. The work of celebrated Italian sculptor...
Category
Vintage 1910s Italian Romantic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Antique Oil on Canvas Painting by Francesco Bergamini 19th Century
$5,733
H 28.75 in W 40.95 in D 2.76 in
Antique Oil on Canvas Painting by Francesco Bergamini 19th Century
By Francesco Bergamini 1
Located in London, GB
This is a truly splendid antique oil on canvas painting featuring a period interior scene by Francesco Bergamini (1851-1900) Italian, signed and dated 1894. This beautiful oil pai...
Category
Antique 1890s Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
Gilded Peacock Sculpture in Porcelain and Crystal
Located in Paris, FR
Sculpture gilded peacock handmade in precious porcelain one by one, feather by feather. Each feather is unique. Made with shiny porcelain, hand-painted with 24-karat gold and preciou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Animal Sculptures
Materials
Crystal, Gold Plate, Brass
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
$187,500
H 102 in W 84.5 in D 22.5 in
Exceptional 19th Century English Chinoiserie Pagoda Display Cabinet
Located in Houston, TX
Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Chinese Chippendale Vitrines
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Jaguar XK 120 Roadster 1950, Rare Collection Car, A+ Condition incl. Expert Op.
$239,000
H 55 in W 174 in D 62 in
Jaguar XK 120 Roadster 1950, Rare Collection Car, A+ Condition incl. Expert Op.
By Jaguar Cars Ltd.
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
We offer you the chance of buying this breathtaking, rare Jaguar XK 120 which had its first road legal in february 1950. There has been built only a very little number of these cars,...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting, c. 1650
$203,380
H 57.68 in W 85.44 in
Flemish 17th, Orpheus and Animals, Large Decorative Wall Old Master Painting
Located in Greven, DE
Flemish school, 17th century Orpheus and the animals Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm Provenance: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting ...
Category
17th Century Baroque Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
IMPORTANT BISHOP JAMES STANLEY 1508 KING HENRY VII ENGLiSH OAK TUDOR TESTER BED
$165,776
H 90.95 in W 61.03 in D 77.56 in
IMPORTANT BISHOP JAMES STANLEY 1508 KING HENRY VII ENGLiSH OAK TUDOR TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, English Tudor King Henry VII Oak tester bed made for an...
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier English Renaissance Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Oak
Large Neoclassical White Marble Sculpture Venus Italica mid-19th century, circa 1850s
$29,908
H 53.15 in W 14.18 in
Large Neoclassical White Marble Sculpture Venus Italica mid-19th century
Located in Pistoia, IT
Venus Italica, imposing sculpture in white Carrara marble, mid-nineteenth-century Roman atelier. Antonio Canova made several sculptures depicting Venus. The first was made as compen...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian School Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Liceu de Artes e Ofícios. 19th Century Daybed
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This recamier/daybed was conceived and executed with utmost quality and expertise, showing a style that incorporates many influences from the eigtheenth and ninetheenth century. Made...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Brazilian Romantic Chaise Longues
Materials
Wood
Antique Carved Oak Wood Paneled Room, Napoleon III Style, France, 1880
$92,717
H 141.74 in W 247.25 in D 154.73 in
Antique Carved Oak Wood Paneled Room, Napoleon III Style, France, 1880
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This beautiful carved oak wood paneled room was made in the 19th century. Designed originally for a hexagonal room, with a boudoir, it is composed of six carved wall panels. Three pa...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Panelling
Materials
Wood, Oak
Large Female Cougar Taxidermy Mount
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho female cougar on faux rock ledge. Newer mount. Length including base 64"H, top of ears to bottom of tail 36", protrudes 23". PERIOD: Contemporary ORIGIN: British Columbia, Can...
Category
2010s Taxidermy
Materials
Other
Antique 19th Century French Chateau Oak Paneled Salon Room "Boiserie" circa 1865
$500,000
H 144 in W 228 in D 199 in
Antique 19th Century French Chateau Oak Paneled Salon Room "Boiserie" circa 1865
Located in New Orleans, LA
A complete boiseries from the French country estate: "Chateau de Quatres Barbes." The antique 19th century French Louis XVI style grand oak paneled salon room or "boiseries" from the...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Panelling
Materials
Marble
50 Million Year Old Fossil Crocodile Specimen (Green River Formation, Wyoming)
$1,780,000
H 49 in W 90 in D 2.75 in
50 Million Year Old Fossil Crocodile Specimen (Green River Formation, Wyoming)
By Green River Fossil Company
Located in Logan, UT
Act fast to claim this exquisite piece of natural history, as our fossils will no longer be available through 1stDibs after October 31. This sculptural stone specimen features an ex...
Category
2010s American Decorative Art
Materials
Limestone
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A Close Look at Moorish Furniture
After the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the eighth century, Islamic Spain became a cultural mix of influences that shaped both private homes and religious spaces. Moorish design was the name given to this style, which evolved through the 15th century with vibrant tile work, horseshoe arches and lavish ornamentation, most visible at sites such as Granada’s Alhambra and the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba. Moorish furniture was often similarly ornate, and featured pieces inlaid with wood, ivory and bone.
When European designers began studying Moorish art and architecture in the early 19th century, it led to a Moorish Revival. Appropriating the style’s decorative flourishes and architectural elements, it promoted a romantic view of Islamic design. Travelers could bring home a memento of what they witnessed in the Middle East, a trend that aligned with a fad for themed interiors. Men’s smoking rooms arranged with ottomans, divans and settees and inlaid tables were especially popular, as were cafés where coffee was served amid bead curtains and colorful floor mats. (Handwoven rugs are a centerpiece of Moorish interiors.) Octagonal rooms with domed ceilings were created for wealthy homes, frequently with furnishings like pipe stands, filigree plasterwork and arched doorways. The horseshoe arch is an iconic attribute of Moorish architecture that, in addition to Spain, can be found in Sicily, Morocco and elsewhere.
Several late 19th to early 20th-century movements featured Moorish touches. The American and English Aesthetic Movement, for example, borrowed liberally from global decorating styles, as seen in furniture designed by Lockwood de Forest, a New York-born artist who mixed Eastern and Western forms. The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau also references the elegant use of geometry in Moorish design, with Milanese Art Nouveau furniture designer Carlo Bugatti drawing inspiration from the style. The Arts and Crafts movement, which prized expressive yet simple design, incorporated Moorish influences; hand-painted furniture and tile work created by William De Morgan, a British designer and potter who made furnishings for the likes of Morris & Co., were informed by techniques from Moorish Spain.
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