Moroccan Inlaid Bench

Renaissance style giltwood bench, circa 1920. This bench has excellent quality gilding, carved cupid heads, gargoyle faces and paw feet.

Louis XVI style painted bench, circa 1930s. The two arms carved with floral swags, gouilloche and floral designs, the green silk seat wit...

Chinese figural carved, painted and gilt decorated bench, mid 20th century.

Continental Napoleon III style walnut bench, with turned legs ending in hoof feet, circa 1900.

Aesthetic Movement ebonized wood bench with bamboo style turnings and gilt decoration, circa 1920s.

Pair of neo classical style curule form beech wood benches, late 20th century.

This one is interesting! It is a mid-century Morrocan bench inlaid with brass and other woods. It is heavy and in very good condition.

A pair of antique Middle Eastern Moorish Egyptian settees inlaid with mosaic marquetry. Mosaic inlaid Levantine Moorish benches great to use at the end of the bed or in an entryway. Elegant and stylish settees for your Moroccan Moorish decor...

An inlaid moorish seat. An exquisite & rare moorish seat / bench in the Hoshiarpur taste, in solid hardwood throughout with some outstanding detail to bot...

A vintage inspired bench with mid-century lines upholstered in a vintage 1960s Moroccan rug. Hand crafted in Los Angeles with a solid oak base in a natural finish. The rug used...

The semi-attached leather cushion flanked by dramatic flared openwork arms with intricate inlay over a similar openwork apron and turned elements creating an elaborate latticework; w...

The rectangular padded seat covered in brown leather, opening to reveal a set of library steps, over a solid inlaid seat-rail and ring-turned tapering legs ending in castors. 18in. high, 34 1/2in. wide and 16 1/2in. deep. Opened, 36in. high and 49in. wide. Rooms organized during the Regency period as libraries often had floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. The upper shelves were difficult to reach, so movable library stairs were invaluable. Further, libraries were one of the most important rooms in a stately house, symbol of its owner's wealth, culture and status. As a consequence, designers, architects and cabinet or chair makers devoted much attention to its architecture and decoration. Hence, the emrgence of innovative ideas such as our bench. Enter the Regency era metamorphic library chair/bench (chairs are more common than benches)! The tables, chairs and stools containing library steps were patented in Great Britain by Robert Campbell in 1774 but this innovative chair-based design did not become immediately popular. Once the Regency was established, a neo-classical interpretation of Campbell’s Metamorphic Library Chair concept started to become popular in London. Any early attributions rely heavily on two contemporary sketches...