Moorish Furniture
MOORISH STYLE
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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Style: Moorish
Moroccan Lantern, Handcrafted Octagonal Diamond Shape in Multi-Color Glass
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan metal and multi-color glass lantern, amber, green, lavender, blue glass lantern in diamond shape.
Moroccan lantern in octagonal shape with rust color metal finish and blue g...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish Glass Lantern or Pendant
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted small Moroccan glass lantern or Moorish pendant.
Multicolor molded glass in green, lavender, blue and clear.
Hurricane candle lamp handmade in Marrakech, vintage metal in...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Moorish Moroccan Blue and White Ceramic Vase from Fez with Silver Filigree
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous handcrafted antique Moroccan blue and white footed ceramic vase in Moorish style.
Adorned with fine filigree silver nickel work with hand...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Turkish Velvet Embroidered with Gold Metallic Thread Slippers Shoes
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage velvet burgundy embroidered pointed toe Middle Eastern Moorish exotic shoes.
Embroidered Turkish metallic gold thread ethnic flat slippers.
Late-O...
Category
20th Century Turkish Moorish Furniture
Materials
Velvet
Vintage Moroccan Clear Glass Lantern Moorish Granada Style
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan Clear Glass Lantern Moorish Granda Style
Elegant Moroccan Moorish diamond shape clear glass pendant with bronze metal finish, has a s...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Moroccan Mirror Hand Painted with Red and Amber Moorish Design
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan mirror, hand painted, wooden Moorish window shaped mirror.
Beautiful hand crafted mirror in a traditional hand painted Mooris...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint
Moroccan Encaustic Cement Tile Sample with Modern Design
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan handcrafted and hand painted cement tile with modern black, white and grey design.
These are authentic Moroccan encaustic tiles hand made by artisans in Fez Morocco.
This ...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Cement
Hand-painted Moorish Style Wooden Wall Mirror with Decorations
Located in Marbella, ES
Hand-painted Moorish Style Wooden Wall Mirror with Decorations
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Handcrafted Moroccan Metal and Blue Glass Lantern, Octagonal Shape
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan metal and blue glass lantern. Moroccan lantern in octagonal shape with rust color metal finish and blue glass. The top and bottom metal hand-cut in openwork Moorish design. Moroccan lighting...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Orientalist Pair of Polychromed Plaster Arabesque Figures
Located in Houston, TX
Orientalist pair of polychromed plaster arabesque figures.
Finely detailed pair of Orientalist polychromed plaster Arabesque or Moorish figures. Thi...
Category
Early 20th Century Moorish Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Large Clear Glass Moorish Mamounia Pendant Chandelier, Clear Glass
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large scale Moroccan, Moorish Mamounia chandelier.
Clear glass Moroccan light fixture, wired with a cluster of 3-light.
Comes with chains and canopy, chain...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Orientalist Patinated Bronze Figure of a Turkish Young Man
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moorish Turkish man dressed in Ottoman Empire-style costume and turban.
An orientalist Moorish patinated cast bronze figure of a standing guard on stand.
(Missing something in his ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Moorish Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Moroccan Royal Blue Glasses with Gold Moorish Arabesque Design Set of 6 Barware
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Royal Blue Small Glasses with Gold Moorish Design.
Set of 6. Set of six royal cobalt blue shot drinking glasses barware with gold Moorish Arabesque design.
These beautiful M...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Glass
Moroccan Moorish Glass Lantern/Light
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Morroccan lantern with pierced brass and ruby red glass.
Category
19th Century Antique Moorish Furniture
Original Vintage Print by Edmund Dulac, C.1930
By Edmund Dulac
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image by Edmund Dulac
Tipped in plate onto paper
Lithograph.
Published C.1930
The measurement given is the paper size not the actual coloured printed image.
Free ship...
Category
1930s British Vintage Moorish Furniture
Materials
Paper
Silk Lumbar Pillow Embellished with Beads, India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Decorative Ivory color accent lumbar pillow hand embroidered and embellished with sequins and beads.
Vanilla Dupioni silk with gold, red and green beads flower designs.
Down insert...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture
Materials
Silk
Granada Style Moroccan Clear Glass Lantern
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant Moroccan Moorish diamond shape clear glass pendant with bronze metal finish, has a small window to access the inside to change bulbs.
Rewired ...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Large Moorish Moroccan Clear Glass Hanging Lantern
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large and long Moroccan Moorish metal and clear glass pendant, handcrafted in Marrakesh, Morocco by talented artisans, hand-cut metal in filigree Moorish designs.
Color of metal is p...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
1980s Hand Painted Wooden Wall Mirror Imitating Moorish Building Architecture
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Hand Painted Wooden Wall Mirror Imitating Moorish Building Architecture
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Moroccan Amber Footed Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Embossed Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish amber painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over amber glass.
The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay.
This has a long metal top spout that unscrews. This is a recycled vintage French perfume...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Moorish Round Brass Tray
Located in Queens, NY
Moorish (19/20th Century) round brass tray with rope design edge.
Category
19th Century Unknown Antique Moorish Furniture
Materials
Brass
Oriental Velvet Chest Brass Decoration, 1960s
Located in Den Haag, NL
Unique and great looking chest, for your blankets or anything else. Covert with a pink velvet fabric. And decorated with brass nails and medallions....
Category
1960s Moroccan Vintage Moorish Furniture
Materials
Velvet
L'ABCdaire de la calligraphie arabe (ABCDAIRES) (French Edition) Paperback Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
L'ABCdaire de la calligraphie arabe (ABCDAIRES) (French Edition) Paperback – May 16, 2002
French Edition by Massoudy Hassan (Author)
The basics of Arabic calligraphy paperback - may 21, 2002
by Hassan Massoudy...
Category
20th Century French Moorish Furniture
Materials
Paper
Moorish Emerald Green Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Embossed Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish Emerald green painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over glass.
The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay.
This has a long metal top spout that unscrews.
This is a recycled vintage French perfume...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
24" Glass Rombus Pendant, Milk Glass with Brass, Granada Collection
By L'Aviva Home
Located in New York, NY
These glass lanterns are made in a generations-old workshop in Granada, Spain. Each pendant light is hand forged, and reflects the influence of Moorish design that can be observed th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Moorish Furniture
Materials
Glass
Decorative Throw Silk Pillow Made from Vintage Sari Borders, India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Decorative accent throw silk pillow made from vintage silk sari borders.One of a kind, blue, green, gold, green, purple, metallic threads.Handcrafted in India.We do have multiple in ...
Category
20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Brass Moroccan Art Wall Sconce Shade
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan brass handcrafted Art piece could be used as wall lamp shade.
Brass frame perfect for soft subtle sconce light.
There are no electrics within the lampshade.
They will look great over an electric fitting or just as a Moroccan Art...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Brass
Baroque Venetian Style, Blue and Gold Velvet Pillow, Elaborate Applique Work
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Baroque Style, Blue and Gold Velvet Pillow, Elaborate Applique Work.
Venetian silk decorative accent pillows with Baroque Moorish decor in gold velv...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Moorish Furniture
Materials
Velvet
1960s Boho Chic Rectangular Brass Tray Coffee Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hollywood Regency style, Mid-Century brass tray table with etched rectangular brass tray.
Sit on a metal faux bamboo base in black color.
Made i...
Category
1960s Hong Kong Vintage Moorish Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Moroccan Bronze Moorish Chandelier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan large bronze patinated pendant.
This large Moorish bronze chandelier is delicately hand-crafted and hand-hammered with openwork design...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Pair of Middle Eastern Moorish Style Burnt Wood Hexagonal Taborets
Located in Queens, NY
Middle Eastern Moorish-style (probably American 1890s) six-sided low table (taboret) with a geometric etched and ebonized burnt wood design with arch forms on base.
Category
19th Century American Antique Moorish Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Pair of 19th Century Russian Brass Candelabra with Turkish Influence
Located in Middleburg, VA
This large pair of 19th century Russian brass candelabra are impressive and command attention. Beautifully designed with Turkish influence, the vasiform with intricately scrolled and...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Moorish Furniture
Materials
Brass
Moorish Handcrafted Metal Lanterns Pendants with Hand of Fatima, North Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Moroccan handcrafted metal lantern pendants.
Amazing Moorish light fixtures hand-pierced with thousands of small holes to diffuse the light through.
Tulip shape adorned with metal pierced intricate Moorish openwork design.
Hand made of Metal with dark brown bronze rust patina, hand of Fatima...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Moroccan Metal and Clear Glass Lantern, Octagonal Shape
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan metal and clear frosted glass lantern.
Moroccan lantern in octagonal shape with rust color metal finish and clear glass.
The top and bottom metal hand-cut in openwork Mooris...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Moroccan Ceramic Blue and White Moorish Jar from Fez 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Decorative Moroccan glazed ceramic jar with lid from Fez.
Moorish style Moorish ceramic urn handcrafted and hand painted with stylized floral design.
Hand painted in Royal bl...
Category
1950s Moroccan Vintage Moorish Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Large Antique Moroccan Bronze Moorish Chandelier
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan bronze patina pendant chandelier.
This large Moorish chandelier is delicately hand carved and hand-hammered with Moorish floral...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Brass
Moroccan Ceramic Vintage Vase or Urn in Green White and Orange Signed
Located in Plainview, NY
Featuring cool, serene shades of green and orange and an exquisite hand painted arabesque design, this sumptuous handcrafted ceramic vase provides a breezy elegance to any living spa...
Category
1990s Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Large Islamic Hand-Etched Brass Pot with Arabic Calligraphy Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large middle eastern Persian Islamic finely and heavily hand-etched and hand-carved brass decorated with Arabic inscriptions.
Could be used as a Jar...
Category
Early 19th Century Asian Antique Moorish Furniture
Materials
Brass
Xl Moorish Abalone Shell, Black Resin Tray
Located in New York, NY
Hand Made Mother of Pearl shell and resin oversized tray depicting traditional Turkish/Moorish design pattern polished to perfection. Fantastic workmans...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Moorish Furniture
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Epoxy Resin
Large Moroccan Brown and Green Ceramic Jars with Lid a Pair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large pair of Moroccan brown and green ceramic urns with lid, handcrafted in Fez Morocco, the green ceramic is hand-etched with Arabic writing calligraphy.
This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic is called Lettrism, it is a form of art that uses letters that are not supposed to mean anything, just put together as Decorative Art.
It is just about the beauty of the free writing.
Large vintage ceramic jars...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Cold Painted Antique Viennese Bronze Orientalist Style Lamp by Bergman
Located in London, GB
The antique Austrian lamp carefully cast to portray a mosque with Minaret and an Arab man praying upon his rug; the lamp signed with a 'B' in a v...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Moorish Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Moroccan Hooded Wool Burnous Cape, circa 1960
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant Moroccan hooded burnous cape in off-white fine wool with black and ivory passementerie trim and closure a long tassel on hood, the caftan is fully Lined.The burnus (also call...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Antique Asian Bronze Large Camel Toy on Wheels 19th C
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A scene from Ramakian or Ramayan, the Indian epic Rama and Sita.
Large and heavy Antique Indian Temple toy metal camel, bronze camel on wheels.
Camel with r...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Moorish Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Moroccan Lantern Handcrafted Moorish Pendant Glass
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stylish handcrafted Moroccan lantern pendant with frosted milky glass and multi-color molded glass.
Handmade with small cut-glass with Moorish filigree metal designs.
Multiple availa...
Category
1980s Moroccan Vintage Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Brass Tray Indian Mughal Elephants Motif Engraved Serving Platter
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mughal Indian brass repousee with baby elephants motif engraved brass charger serving tray.
Vintage Serving metal rectangular tray, pla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper
19th Century Moorish Armchair
Located in Mouscron, WHT
19th Century Moorish Armchairs , carved wood, bone inlay
Category
Late 19th Century Maghreb Antique Moorish Furniture
Materials
Bone, Wood
Antique Carved Wooden Harem Shoe
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique hand-carved wooden Turkish harem shoe.
One shoe only available.
Great decorative collector item,
circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century Turkish Antique Moorish Furniture
Materials
Wood
Garden of Morocco, Spain and Portugal Hardcover Book French Ed.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Garden of Morocco, Spain and Portugal Hardcover Book French Ed.Jardins du Maroc, d'Espagne et du Portugal : Un art de vivre partagé.French Edition by Mohammed El Faïz (Author), Manu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of Large Orientalist Bronze Figures by Emile Pinedo and Marcel Debut
By Émile Pinedo
Located in London, GB
A pair of large Orientalist bronze figures by Emile Pinedo and Marcel Debut
French, Late 19th Century
Arabe en Marche: height 65cm, width 42cm, depth 28...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Moorish Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Richly decorated, inlaid antique Italian secretary in Moorish style, circa 1860
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This highly decorative, museum-quality antique Italian secretary is beautifully adorned with intricate inlays featuring striking and decorative motifs. The piece has two doors with a...
Category
1860s Italian Antique Moorish Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Agate Inlaid Jewelled Moroccan Silver Candle Holder
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Agate Inlaid Moorish Jewelled Silver Candle Holder.
Large vintage Moorish wedding candle holder inlaid with semi-precious agate stones and covered with brass and silvered ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver Plate
1950's Two Collectible Oriental Art Deco Style Sculpted Armchairs
Located in Paris, FR
An exceptional set of two mid-century office or side armchairs that were produced for the Moroccan Royal secretary office in the 1950's. These collectible pieces are highlighted by t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Leather, Cedar
The Arts of Persia Ronald W. Ferrier Hardcover Book 1st Ed. 1989
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The Arts of Persia Ronald W. Ferrier Hardcover Book.
Published by Yale University Press, 1989
344 pages, Hardcover
First published September 10, 1989
Persian art, with its detail...
Category
Late 20th Century American Moorish Furniture
Materials
Paper
Anglo Indian Micro Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Hexagonal Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo Indian Moorish style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid.
Intricate inlaid Anglo Indian box with floral and geometric Moorish Sadeli design in an octagonal shape form with micro mosaic marquetry, very fine artwork.
Museum collector piece like the one in Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum.
The repeating geometric patterns of Sadeli Mosaic...
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Early 20th Century Moorish Furniture
Materials
Fruitwood
Topkapi Palace by Ilhan Aksit Le Palais de Topkapi
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Le Palais de Topkapi, Topkapi Palace.
Published 1993 by Aksit Kultur Turizm Sanat Ajans
First Edition January 1993)
Edition Language French.
By the 16th cent...
Category
20th Century Turkish Moorish Furniture
Materials
Paper
Decorative Vintage Throw Pillow Made from Silk Sari Borders, India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Decorative accent silk throw pillow made from vintage silk sari borders.
One of a kind silk pillow made from vintage saris in bold colors in red, green, gold, green, purple, metallic...
Category
20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture
Materials
Fabric
Vintage Moorish Clear Glass Hanging Lantern
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Moorish clear glass lantern with intricate metal filigree. Octagonal shape, delicately handcrafted by artisans in Morocco. Bronze metal co...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture
Materials
Metal
Turquoise Mughal Style Decorative Throw Pillow Embellished with Sequins and Bead
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Throw decorative accent turquoise Mughal style pillow embroidered and embellished with sequins with Moorish metallic threads, silver beads embroidery on turquoise.
Heavily em...
Category
20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture
Materials
Silk, Damask, Fabric
Moorish furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Moorish furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, lighting, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Moorish furniture made in a specific country, there are Africa, North Africa, and Maghreb pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Berber Tribes of Morocco, antique textiles galleries, Mamluke, and Liberty & Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $15 and tops out at $125,000 while the average work can sell for $1,293.
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