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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 Brass Chandelier with White Inlay Glass
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan brass Pasha chandelier. This Pasha Moroccan chandelier is handmade of brass with inlay hand blown decorative milky glass. Delicately...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Brass

Middle Eastern 19th Century Moorish Folding Chair Shell Inlaid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Middle Eastern Egyptian Moorish walnut wood folding chair with intricate foliate carving and mother of pearl, shell inlays. Arabian Syrian styl...
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19th Century Egyptian Antique Moorish Furniture

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Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

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...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Metal

19th C. Large Moroccan Ryad Studded Moorish Antique Door
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique massive handcrafted Hispano Moresque studded doorway, incredible work, very heavy authentic Moroccan door. One door inside a larger door. 19th ...
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19th Century Moroccan Antique Moorish Furniture

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Iron

1930s Casablanca Brass Folding Tray Tea Table, Moroccan 6 Leg
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Early 1930s Moroccan Brass Folding Tray Tea Table, wonderful craftsmanship and quality. One of the oldest and Moroccan Tray tables we have come across. Very nice quality and heavy w...
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1930s Moroccan Vintage Moorish Furniture

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Brass

Moroccan Antique Berber Case Flask Hand-carved
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand made early 20th century Moroccan antique Berber case flask, carved wood covered with brass and silvered metal filigree, delicately hand-hammered metal with animals decor for pow...
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1920s Moroccan Vintage Moorish Furniture

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Brass, Tin

Moroccan Richly Inlaid Armchair with Carved Back and Scrolling Arms, circa 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Moorish style Moroccan wooden armchair from circa 1900 with bone inlaid décor, carved back, scrolling arms and carved base. This exquisite Moorish-style Moroccan wooden armchair, d...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Bone, Wood

Moroccan Hanging Glass Lantern in Moorish Star Shape
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan Moorish star shape clear glass and metal lantern. Clear Glass star shape lantern pendant handcrafted by Moroccan skilled ar...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Metal

Moorish Clear Glass Lantern, Octagonal Shape
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Moorish metal and clear glass lantern. Moroccan lantern in octagonal shape with rust color metal finish and clear glass. The top and bottom ...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Metal

Moorish Style Pierced & Embossed Copper & Brass Pendant Light Made in India
Located in Topeka, KS
Magnificent vintage Moroccan or Moorish style embossed & pierced hand-crafted copper & brass pendant light fixture with multicolored glass & plastic jewels, decorative brass chain, and brass canopy, stamped Made in India. It is hardwired and has a single bulb. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear even if it has been refinished or restored. Specifically, the interior shade has some bends, unseen from the outer light. There is some natural patina on the brass and all but 4 original glass amethyst jewels have been replaced with new plastic ruby, emerald, and topaz jewels. Please see photos, zoom in for details, and see long description as they are part of the condition report. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Mid-20th Century. This Pendant Light Fixture is a REAL JEWEL!!! This is a phenomenal vintage Moroccan or Moorish style embossed & pierced hand-crafted copper & brass pendant light fixture with multicolored glass & plastic jewels, a decorative brass chain, and a beautiful brass canopy. It bears a “Made in India” stamp...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture

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Brass, Copper

Antique Moroccan Ceramic Vase Bright Yellow with Metal Moorish Filigree overlaid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted antique bright yellow Moroccan glazed ceramic vase in Moorish style adorned with fine filigree silver nickel work overlaid. Large bright yellow glazed ceramic vase with silver filigree...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Metallic Thread

Moorish Moroccan Style Folding Wood Brass Tray Drinks Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautifully patinated large Moroccan brass tray drink table featuring a carved wood folding base. The wood is hand-carved with a six leg octagonal form with Middle Eastern turned sup...
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20th Century Asian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brass

Vintage Moroccan Handcrafted Lantern Ceiling Light with Multi-Color Glass
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan Handcrafted Light Fixture with Multi-Color Glass Stylish handcrafted Moroccan pendant with multi-color hand blown cut glass and metal with an antique bronze finish. Moorish style ceiling light fixture with small cut-glass with open metal filigree work Moorish design in diamond shape. Rewired with one light bulb. The metal is hand-cut in floral and geometric Moorish Islamic designs. The lantern is rewired for electricity to use with one light bulb 60 watts max, Moroccan ceiling light fixture...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Metal

Moroccan Ceramic Lidded Urn from Fez with Arabic Calligraphy Pink Writing
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan glazed ceramic urn with lid from Fez. Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand-painted with Arabic calligraphy pink writing. This kind of Art Writing looks calligraphic...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Ceramic

Moroccan Handcrafted Moorish Pendant Lantern with Multi-Color Glass
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Stylish handcrafted Moroccan lantern pendant with multi-color molded glass and metal with an antique bronze finish. Handmade with small cut-glass with Moorish filigree metal designs....
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Metal

White and Silver Embroidered Mughal Style Throw Pillow
Located in North Hollywood, CA
White and silver Embroidered Mughal style throw pillow. Hand Embroidered luxury damask 26-inch lumbar throw pillow. Mughal India white Dupioni silk throw pillow embroidered with silver threads and beads in a Moorish style design. Lumbar decorative white throw pillow handcrafted with silver beads and sequins. Contemporary silk pillow with a metallic embroidered Moorish Mughal...
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Late 20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture

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Cotton, Silk

Hand-Knotted Extra Long Oriental Runner, Wool and Cotton 'All Over Pattern'
Located in Austin, TX
Appealing to collectors and designers, this unusually long Turkish runner (3' wide x 13'long) is a hand-knotted carpet made from top-quality wool/cotton. The high knot count, dense '...
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Late 20th Century Turkish Moorish Furniture

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Wool, Cotton

Moorish Round Brass Tray
Located in Queens, NY
Moorish (19/20th Century) round brass tray with scalloped edge.
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19th Century Unknown Antique Moorish Furniture

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Brass

Pair Antique Syrian Moorish Inlaid Folding Chairs, Late 19th Century, Syria
Located in Austin, TX
A classic and elegant near pair of antique Syrian carved walnut folding scribes chairs with shell and bone inlay, late 19th century, Syria. The chairs of hand carved walnut in a f...
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Late 19th Century Syrian Antique Moorish Furniture

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Bone, Shell, Walnut

Pair of Orientalist Cold Painted Bronze Bookends, Signed "Chotka", ca. 1910
Located in Petaluma, CA
These highly detailed bronze bookends are a fine example of cold painted Vienna bronze workmanship. Brightly colored and crisp casting is often the work by the artist "Chotka", who o...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Moorish Furniture

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Bronze

Polychrome Majolica Moorish Italian Ceramic Bust Planter or Vase of a King Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A colorful hand-made ceramic Italian Moorish bust vase or planter of a man. Handmade and glazed in brilliant blues, yellows, reds, and creams. This piece depicts the head of a King wearing a glazed cream crown of plump yellow majolica lemons, lush green leaves, and red berries. His crown with a blue quilted back matches his blue eyes. He sports a short black beard...
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20th Century Italian Moorish Furniture

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Ceramic, Paint

Moroccan Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with 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...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Metal

Moroccan Blue & White Ceramic Footed Vase from Fez with Silver Filigree
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Moroccan blue and white ceramic footed vase from Fez. Moorish style handcrafted vase adorned with fine filigree silver nickel work, with two handles. Antique Hispano Moresq...
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1890s Moroccan Antique Moorish Furniture

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Ceramic

Moroccan Moorish Glass Lantern/Light
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Morroccan lantern with pierced brass and ruby red glass.
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19th Century Antique Moorish Furniture

Vintage Persian Isfahan Rug, Moorish Elegance Meets Mediterranean Charm
Located in Dallas, TX
61034 Vintage Persian Isfahan Rug, 08'06 x 11'09. Embark on an enchanting odyssey of Moorish elegance with each step upon this hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Isfahan rug. This mag...
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Late 20th Century Persian Moorish Furniture

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Wool

Antique Large Moroccan Mixed Metal and Bone Urn
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive large Moroccan urn handcrafted in hammered copper in classic form, clad in a bone mosaic and decorated in jewelry like copper and brass hammered accents.
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Brass, Copper

Moroccan Ceramic Bowl with Lid Tajine from Fez Polychrome
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan large ceramic decorative serving bowl tajine polychrome with leather, stones and metal overlay with conical overlay lid. The bottom is a circular ceramic bowl and the top of the tagine is distinctively shaped into a cone. Handcrafted and hand painted with Moorish designs by artisans in Fez Morocco. Great decorative Moroccan Folk ceramic...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Ceramic

Hand Forged Iron Moorish Folding Screen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand forged folding Moroccan iron screen with three panels decorated with Moorish designs. Classic and elegant Art & Craft this highly embellished, detailed folding screen divider in the Mediterranean Spanish style iron art work would embellish any room, garden or wall, Santa Barbara style. Could make an amazing headboard. Three panels folding iron screen with Moorish designs in repeat. Heavy and well-made original condition. Each panel: 68.5" high, 15.75" wide Folds up for easy storage. Hand forged heavy wrought iron screen divider by skilled Moroccan artisans in Marrakech Morocco. Rustic Spanish colonial style wrought iron window grill...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Wrought Iron

Moorish Middle Eastern Large Pedestal Tables Inlaid with Shell, 19th C.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Moorish Middle Eastern pedestal tables inlaid. Pair of large antique 19th century Middle Eastern Moorish style mosaic inlay tables. Outstanding very rare to find pair of Ottoman Turkish pedestal tables inlaid. Very fine Islamic craftsmanship. Octagonal top with a raised rim supported on eight legs. The handcrafted pedestal...
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Late 19th Century Turkish Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Fruitwood

Incised Pair of 17th Century Ottoman Bronze Candlesticks
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Beautiful and rare museum quality pair of incised of 17th Century Ottoman bronze candlesticks. They are virtually identical to the one pictured on...
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17th Century Turkish Antique Moorish Furniture

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Bronze

Moroccan Caftan Gold Damask Embroidered, Vintage, 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing vintage Moroccan Caftan, gold silk damask gold threads trim, Circa 1960's The light gold damask kaftan was entirely finish by hand. One of a kind...
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1960s Moroccan Vintage Moorish Furniture

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Metallic Thread, Gold

Solid Brass Vintage Moroccan Candle Holder a Pair 1950's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Solid brass large vintage Moroccan candle holders set of two. Moroccan vintage brass candlestick heavy solid cast brass, handcrafted with etched geometric design. Tall Moorish styl...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Brass

Middle Eastern Moorish Handcrafted Mosaic Decorative Trinket Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box. vintage small trinket box intricately decorated with Moorish motif des...
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Furniture

Materials

Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Fruitwood

1950s Large Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Moorish Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1950s Large Mosaic Shell Inlaid Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Moorish Box. Vintage 1950s Mosaic Abalone Shell Inlaid Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Box. Mosaic Decorative Midd...
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Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Furniture

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Abalone, Fruitwood

Moroccan Moorish Ceramic Bowl with Lid, Tajine from Fez
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan ceramic decorative serving tajine polychrome with leather, stones and metal overlay with conical overlay lid. The bottom is a circular ceramic bowl and the top of the tagine is distinctively shaped into a cone. Handcrafted and hand painted with Moorish designs by artisans in Fez Morocco. Great decorative Moroccan Folk ceramic...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Ceramic

1940s Brass Moroccan Tray Hand Hammered Moorish Islamic Metalwork 13.5 in. D.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
The hand-hammered brass Moroccan tray with fine intricate Islamic design is a stunning piece of craftsmanship that exudes the beauty and intricacy of Moroccan artistry. This exquisite tray showcases the rich cultural heritage and traditional metalworking techniques of the region.  The tray's design may also incorporate delicate cutouts , allowing light to pass through and casting beautiful patterns when the tray is placed in the sunlight. This adds an extra element of visual interest and elegance to the overall aesthetic. The tray has a hook in the back if you would like to use it as a wall decorative tray. it could function as a wall hanging, ottoman tray, or a display on a bar or coffee table, use it as a serving platter, catch all, vanity dish...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Brass

Middle Eastern Moorish Style Jeweled Gilt Wall Sconce
Located in Queens, NY
Middle Eastern Moorish-style (1st quarter 20th Century) six-sided bracket lantern wall sconce with embossed brass and fretwork design and glass jewels inset in the top. Only one scon...
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Early 20th Century Asian Moorish Furniture

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Brass

Large Indo-Persian Tinned Copper Moorish Jar With Lid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Indo Persian Mughal tinned copper vessel. Moorish Brass Bowl Engraved with Islamic design. Large Middle Eastern Persian Mameluke style tinned copper jar...
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Early 20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Metal, Brass, Copper

Large Moorish Moroccan Blue and White Ceramic Footed Lidded Jar from Fez
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large antique Moroccan blue and white ceramic urn with lid from Fez. Moorish style handcrafted lidded jar adorned with fine filigree silver nickel work Antique Hispano Moresque desig...
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Late 19th Century Moroccan Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Metallic Thread

Octagonal Jewelry Music Box, Made in Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant octagonal wooden music box in thuya wood. Thuya tree is famous for rich gold and brown shades of its grain and unique exotic fragrance, simila...
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1950s Italian Vintage Moorish Furniture

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Fruitwood

Moroccan Red Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Embossed Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish red painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over red g...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Metal

Pair Moroccan Leather Stools
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Beautiful pair of Moroccan stools The top is in leather with moorish design
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1930s Moroccan Vintage Moorish Furniture

Materials

Leather, Wood

19th Century Moorish Wood Inlaid Folding Chair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Moorish wood folding chair with intricate foliate carving and mother-of-pearl inlays. Inlaid with mother-of-pearl stars and moon designs, hand-carved with Arabic call...
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Late 19th Century Moroccan Antique Moorish Furniture

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Bone, Wood

Vintage Moroccan Kaftan 1970s Red and Gold Floral Brocade Caftan Maxi Dress
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Metallic red and gold brocade maxi dress kaftan hand made by Moroccan artist. Handmade vintage exotic 1970s gold and red metallic brocade ceremonial caftan gown from North Africa, M...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brocade

Indian Rajasthani A pair of polychrome painted chairs with gilt chord embroidery
Located in London, GB
Indian Rajasthani. A rare pair of period side chairs finely painted in polychrome colours with the original floral gilt chord embroidery seats, the seats a little worn with minor los...
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Early 1900s Indian Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Wood

Vintage Large Brass Moroccan Chandelier in Alberto Pinto Moorish Style
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Oversize exquisite Moorish brass filigree pierced brass Moroccan chandelier in Alberto Pinto style. This exquisite Moroccan Alhambra light fixture is delicately handcrafted from brass repousse and chiseled with Fine filigree designs, adorned with milky glass. Moorish bronze...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Brass

Antique Kalamkarii Block Printed Tree of Life
Located in Canterbury, GB
Antique Indo Persian Kalamkari Dating from early 1900's Skillfully hand block printed in India for the Persian market on a cotton ground depicting a Cypress Tree of Life , numerou...
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Early 20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Cotton

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...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Ceramic

Antique Moorish Andalusian Side Pedestal Tables Mosaic Inlaid, a Pair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Pair of Moorish side pedestal tables inlaid with mosaic marquetry. Pair of antique 19th century Middle Eastern Moorish mosaic marquetry inlay tables. Outstanding very rare to...
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Late 19th Century Turkish Antique Moorish Furniture

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Fruitwood

Pair of Large Orientalist Bronze Figures by Emile Pinedo and Marcel Debut
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...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Moorish Furniture

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Bronze

Moroccan Round Mosaic Outdoor Tile Table on Iron Base 47 in
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted round Moroccan outdoor mosaic tile table 47in diameter on iron base. Classic and elegant Moroccan outdoor mosaic tile table sit on a black...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Cement, Iron

Jacques Philippe Imberton, Oriental-Style Enameled Mirror
By Jacques-Philippe Imberton
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This superb mirror with polychrome enamel decoration is an exceptional piece inspired by Nasrid art, representative of the architectural and decorative forms of the Alhambra Palace. Mr. Philippe Imberton is, at the present time, the king of enamel; he sows it on the glass, with a prodigal and brilliant hand, early by large plates, sometimes by light veins, but in such a way as to always produce the happiest decorative effects. Article by Louis Enault in La Presse, published on September 25th, 1884. The geometric and vegetal patterns are a real innovative achievement in the glass enameling industry. Arranged on a rectangular mirror, the enamels are elegantly composed and colored to form a Nasrid-inspired decoration, representative of a Mudejar architecture, and manifesting the cultural and artistic exchanges in the Iberian Peninsula in the 12th and 16th centuries. The outline of enamels in the form of a horseshoe arch is a typical element of Arabic-Andalusian architecture, visible from early Christian churches to converted mosques. The horseshoe arch is supported by very thin columns with a concave base and molded rings, a unique type of column that appears only in the Alhambra Palace and indicates the passage to a sacred or royal place. The capital is divided into two bodies, the first of which is cylindrical and has a voluptuous floral decoration. Above, a prism decorated with a plant frieze with a rounded base delicately curves the whole mirror. I have rarely seen more power combined with greater skill. Article by Louis Enault in La Presse, published on December 17th, 1880. The talent of the enameler is rendered by the richness of the polychrome ornamentation of the vegetal patterns, notably by the arabesques of the polylobed arch, that is to say small contiguous arches, each ending in a pointed arch, also polylobed. These arches also evoke the muqarnas vault, one of the most impressive decorative elements among the ornamentation used in the Alhambra. The alfiz, the frame that surrounds the outside of the arch, is decorated with intricate bands of red and yellow floral filigree. The entire portico is framed by regular and harmonious friezes, decorated with vegetal motifs and structured by lines of small white flowers. Six wild pomegranate flowers, also known as balaustes, are framed on a white enamel background by the eight-pointed star, a recurring figure throughout Islamic art. The flowers are slightly open and accompanied by small pomegranate seeds, a connotation of fertility and the literal symbol of the city of Granada, where the Alhambra is located. The decoration is also characterized by four mirrored fleur-de-lis, as if to express the meeting of the two monotheistic influences in Granada. We can see the extent of refinement in the detail of the rhinestone fixtures that attach the glass mirror to a wooden support. While the representation of human figures in Muslim art is prohibited, the reflections of faces in the mirror naturally thwart the ban. One can read in an article of the Arts Industriels, published in La Presse on September 25, 1884, some lines notifying a mirror preceding ours: It will not displease the women either to find themselves beautiful by reflecting their fresh faces in this pretty oriental mirror...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Hand Painted Ceramic Decorative Moorish Plate 1950s
By Iznik Pottery
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage polychrome hand painted and handcrafted ceramic wall decorative plate with polychrome Ottoman floral design. This is an intricately, hand painted Moorish plate that was made in Turkey. Turkey is famous for its kiln products, such as tiles and pottery, which are glazed and multicolored. It has a beautifully hand painted geometrical Moorish design in burgundy, yellow, turquoise, light and dark blue. An Islamic ceramic...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Moorish Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Middle Eastern Moorish Walnut Savonarola Armchair
Located in Queens, NY
Middle Eastern Moorish (19th Century) carved walnut Savonarola style armchair with a spindle and ball round back panel.
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19th Century Asian Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Walnut

Moorish Turkish Copper Tray Table
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern copper metal tray, finely handcrafted, hammered and incised with Moorish designs. Hard to find Moroccan style collector metal tray, one of a kind metal art work. Islam...
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Early 20th Century Turkish Moorish Furniture

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Copper

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...
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Early 20th Century Moorish Furniture

Materials

Plaster

Middle Eastern Brass Islamic Art Vase Engraved with Arabic Calligraphy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Islamic brass repoussé vase, finely hand-etched, engraved, hammered and chased with elaborate Moorish Syrian designs decorated with medall...
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Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brass

Moorish Moroccan 19th Century Folding Chair Inlaid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Middle Eastern Moorish walnut wood folding chair with intricate foliate carving and mother of pearl, shell inlays. Moroccan Moorish style folding chair inlaid with mother of...
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Late 19th Century Moroccan Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Wood

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...
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Late 20th Century American Moorish Furniture

Materials

Paper

Mosaic Marquetry Octagonal Music Box Granada Moorish Spain
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted vintage Middle Eastern style mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood footed music box. Handcrafted in Spain in the Moorish Syrian style with red velvet lined and a mirror. Decorative Spanish inlaid Marquetry music box intricately and finely inlaid in Islamic geometric designs with marquetry of precious wood decorated with Moorish Islamic motif designs which have been painstakingly inlaid with fruitwoods. Small octagonal walnut Syrian style box intricately decorated with mosaic marquetry. Handcrafted in Granada Spain...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Moorish Furniture

Materials

Shell, Fruitwood

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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