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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$2,213Sale Price|20% Off
Spanish Moorish Hexagonal Wooden Table or Stand, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Superb Moorish style marquetry side table or Taboret with hexagonal top. Spain, Andalusia, 1950s. Hexagonal end table with exquisite work of marquetry inlay of walnut, ebony, root w...
Wood, Acrylic
$3,450 / set
Pair of Vintage Moroccan Inlaid Tables or Stands
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of vintage Moroccan stands having a hexagon form featuring an exotic mix of inlaid and marquetry indigenous hardwoods including mahogany, walnut and ebony highlighted...
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut, Bone
Moroccan Side Table With Mother Of Pearl, Ebony and Fruit Wood Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
Moroccan hexagonal side table with mother of pearl, ebony and fruit wood inlay. The top and sides inlaid with geometric, triangular, diamond and circular patterns to create a harmoni...
Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Fruitwood
Antique Hand Carved Moorish Style Octagon Side Table Tabouret.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Antique Hand Carved Moorish Style Octagon Side Table Tabouret. This octagonal hardwood Tabouret is hand carved with leaf and pierced designs created with brilliant intricacy. The to...
Hardwood
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Polychrome Side Table
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Exceptional Moroccan Moorish side table dating from the early 20th century. This finely handcrafted wooden piece presents an architectural composition inspired by traditional Moorish...
Wood
Striking Pair of Handcrafted Inlaid Demi-Lune Side Tables
Located in Bruton, GB
This exceptional pair of demi-lune side tables showcases meticulous hand-applied geometric inlay work, blending warm tones of natural brown, black, amber, and ivory into a rhythmic, ...
Marble, Metal
Moorish Middle Eastern Star Shaped Painted Drink Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic polychrome painted Moorish Islamic star-shaped side table or drinks table featuring Middle Eastern arabesque designs and motifs. The large top is star-shaped and has a small...
Wood
Large Moorish Arabic Brass Folding Tray Table, Spain 1940s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Moorish Style Spanish brass repousse tray table on folding wooden turned stand, Spain, 1940s-1950s. This spanish table was handcrafted at the mid-20th ce...
Brass
Vintage Moroccan Mosaic Tile Side Table, Hand-Crafted Terracotta
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Moroccan Mosaic tile outdoor table. Moroccan mosaic tile square shape bistro table on iron base. Handmade by expert artisans in Fez, Moroc...
Terracotta
Moorish Middle Eastern Polychrome Star Shaped Drink Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Striking Moorish Middle Eastern or Islamic-style drinks or side table featuring an octagram top over a faceted base. The surface is richly painted in a saturated polychrome palette: ...
Wood, Paint
Moroccan Moorish Style 1920s Table with Hexagonal Top and Polychrome Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Moroccan Moorish style drinks table from the early 20th century, with painted geometric motifs, hexagonal top, polychrome décor and carved flaming motifs. Created in Morocco during...
Wood
Antique Middle Eastern Octagonal Carved Side Table With Brass Inlay
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique Middle Eastern Octagonal Carved Table With Repetitive Floral Patterns. Arabesque Tabletop Has A Central Inlaid Brass Design. Ideal for use as a side table, tea table or smal...
Brass
Antique Middle Eastern Arabesque Style Mother of Pearl Inlaid Table
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Middle Eastern, Moroccan or Moorish Arabesque style octagonal side table. This beautiful table has a great pattern with alternating intricately inlaid mixed woods and mother-...
Wood
Liberty and Co. A rare and unusual Moorish oval eight leg side table
Located in London, GB
Liberty and Co. A rare and unusual Moorish oval eight leg side table with a brass removable top embossed with a medieval lioness holding a sword w...
Brass
Antique Arabesque Middle Eastern Style Mother of Pearl Inlaid Side Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This stunning antique Middle Eastern or Moroccan style octagonal side table showcases beautiful craftsmanship in the Moorish Arabesque style. This vintage table has a classic geometr...
Wood
Early 20th Century Moroccan Inlaid Hexagonal Table
Located in Houston, TX
Early 20th Century Moroccan Inlaid Hexagonal Table with Mother of Pearl inlay and intricate marquetry
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Paint
Vintage Moroccan Etched Brass Tray Table, Moorish Style, 1940
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage occasional Moroccan etched brass round tray table. This is a wonderful antique all hand tooled in exquisite foliate designs with a deep,...
Brass
Moorish Mother of Pearl Wood Marquetry Inlay Occasional Side Square Tea Table
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a gorgeous little side/tea table with fantastic marquetry inlay of various types of wood interspersed with mother of pearl. Some of the wood has either age darkened more than...
Wood
Moroccan Side Table With Mother Of Pearl, Ebony and Fruit Wood Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
Moroccan square side table with mother of pearl, ebony and various fruit woods inlay. With geometric, triangular and star pattern inlay over the entire surface. The top and sides wit...
Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Fruitwood
Moorish Middle Eastern Hexagonal Polychrome Drink Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Moroccan or Syrian hexagonal shaped drinks table. The table features a highly carved, polychromed finish with intricate Moorish geometric shapes and islamic designs. Each ...
Wood, Lacquer
Moroccan Style Off -White Bone Inlay Octagonal Side Table with Moorish Arches
Located in Plainview, NY
This exotic octagonal side table showcases exquisite bone inlay craftsmanship, inspired by traditional Moroccan and Moorish design. The tabletop features a finely detailed geometric...
Bone, Wood
$528Sale Price|52% Off
Moroccan Handmade Bone & Bronze Inlay Octagonal Side Table
Located in Plainview, NY
The Moroccan handmade small side table embodies a rich fusion of cultural motifs and meticulous design. Its octagonal shape lends it an air of geometric precision with the surface a...
Bronze
Round Teak Tabouret Moroccan Side or Drink Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
This round Moroccan teak tabouret or side table exudes intricate craftsmanship. The tabletop features a beautifully carved bird motif with delicate bone ...
Bone, Teak
Hand-Painted Moroccan Moorish Side Table by Berber Tribes, 1950
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Moroccan side table colorful red hand painted and carved occasional table with Moorish Islamic designs. Pedestal Moorish table in red background with multicolored floral and geometric designs. Very decorative fine artwork on a star shape base. Hand painted in the Moorish manner and well suited as bedside stands or side tables. These exotic side tables...
Wood
Moroccan Moorish Style Drinks Side Table with Wood Top
Located in New York, NY
A silvered metal round drinks or side table with a Moorish design style, circa early 21st century. A silver-tone metal drinks, side, or end table with a Moroccan/Moorish designed bas...
Metal
Moorish Middle Eastern Large Pedestal Tables Inlaid with Shell, 19th C.
Located in Moreno Valley, 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...
Fruitwood, Bone, Shell
Moroccan Moorish Star Shape Ivory Side Tables a Pair
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of Moroccan side tables colorful ivory color hand painted and carved occasional tables with Moorish designs. Vintage Moroccan Pedestal tables in ivory background with polychrome...
Wood
Moroccan Painted Tile Top Stand or Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout antique Moroccan stand with a star form tiled top over a base paint decorated in distinctive muted mediterranean colors on an octagon form with architectural elements.
Porcelain, Hardwood
Rare Antique Liberty & Co. Table Middle Eastern Moorish Moroccan Damascene
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Rare Antique Liberty & Co. Drinks Side Table Middle Eastern Moorish Early 20th century hardwood circular tea table decorated with brass floral de...
Brass
A 19th Century Hexagonal Damascene Fruitwood Tea Table With Mosaic Detailing
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Beautiful 19th Century Damascene Design Hexagonal Moorish Fruitwood Tea Table With Parquetry Detailing Decorative Throughout With Beautiful Geometric Repeating Parquetry Patterns. ...
Fruitwood
$7,100 / set
Pair of Near Eastern Glass Top Inlaid Tables
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of near eastern tables or stands crafted in indigenous hardwoods, once planters now tables featuring elaborate inlaid mother of pearl and ebony in ge...
Mahogany
$1,450 / set
Pair of 1970 moorish style hexagonal side tables
Located in Dallas, TX
As found, with slight veneer loss, this pair of tables could easily be restored and lacquered to add a unique touch to your room. We offer expert custom restoration services.
Wood, Paint
Moroccan Moorish Star Shape Blue Pair of Side Drinks tables 1960s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of Moroccan colorful blue hand painted and carved side occasional table with Moorish Islamic designs. Vintage Moroccan side tables in ...
Wood
$1,260Sale Price / set|30% Off
Hollywood Regency Moroccan Stye Side or End Table Black with Gold Design, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
An exquisite pair of Hollywood Regency Moroccan style side or end table featuring an hexagonal shape. The handmade ebony tables are finely decorated in leaves Pattern painted in gold...
Wood
$950Sale Price / set|62% Off
Moroccan End, Side or Lamp Tables Hand Painted in Black and Gold, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
Moroccan End, Side or Lamp Tables Hand Painted in Black and Gold, a Pair beautiful Moorish geometrical design in gold and red in octagonal shape. Very elegant and eye-catching, the ...
Wood, Paint
Moorish style table with mashrabiya panels
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Pretty Moorish style table dating to around 1900 and possibly from Turkey or Syria made for export to Britain where it would have been retailed in fashionable shops of the period eg....
Wood
Pair of Levantine Style Ten Sided End or Side Tables with Geometric Mosaic Inlay
Located in Milford, NH
A fabulous pair of Levantine style ten sided walnut end or side tables with geometric simulated bone and shell mosaic inlay throughout, and Moroccan Moorish arches around the base. T...
Other
19th Century Hand-Crafted Moroccan Bone Inlay Side Table
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Hand-Crafted Moroccan Octagonal Pedestal Table With Repetitive Geometric Inlaid Parquetry. Raised on Arabesque Ogive Arch Supports.
Bone, Wood
$6,450 / set
Pair of Middle Eastern Moorish Style Tables
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of Middle Eastern Moorish style tables. This pair of tables, side tables or drink tables are octagonal in shape and are inlaid with a varie...
Wood
Pair of Moorish Geometric Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Drink Tables
Located in Rio Vista, CA
A exceptional pair of Middle Eastern Moorish side or occasional tables clad in dense inlaid mosaic parquetry. Each table features a circular top decorated with an intricate tessellat...
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Moroccan Side Table With Mother of Pearl, Ebony and Fruit Wood Inlay
Located in Reading, Berkshire
19th Century Hand-Crafted Moroccan Hexagonal Pedestal Table With Ebonised Wooden Top, & Repetitive Geometric Inlaid Decorative Parquetry. An Elegant Moorish Side Table.
Bone, Wood
Moorish Style Octagonal-shaped End Table
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique Continental Moorish Style Octagonal-shaped End Table with mosaic tile top, c. 1890 22" dia. X 21"H
Ceramic, Wood
Antique Middle Eastern Octagonal Carved Table With Brass Inlay
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique Middle Eastern Octagonal Carved Table With Repetitive Floral Patterns. Arabesque Tabletop Has A Central Inlaid Brass Design. Ideal for use as a side table, tea table or smal...
Brass
Hand Decorated Mid Century Moroccan Coffee Table c1950
Located in Trensacq, FR
Vintage Moroccan hand-decorated coffee table C1950. Attractive two-tier square format with late Art Deco style curved accents. Hand-carved with Moorish floral and geometrical desig...
Wood
19th Century Hand-Carved Moorish Side Table from Turkey
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
19th century ottoman Moorish table. Antique fine example side table with a hexagon form inlaid with geometric designs with the Moorish sta...
Fruitwood
$3,080Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Exotic Moorish Hanging Brass & Crystal Lantern & Marble Side Tables
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Exotic Moorish Hanging Brass & Crystal Lantern & Marble Side Tables Italy, Circa 1960s A pair of Exotic Moorish Hanging Brass & Crystal Lanterns with Marble Side Tables, originating from Italy in the 1960s. This glamorous duo presents a stunning combination of lighting and functional elegance. Each fixture is a showstopper, extending 51 inches from the ceiling (with the option to add additional chain for customized use). Supported by three elaborate jewel-encrusted chains, the centerpiece features a concave pierced and jeweled lantern above an inset 20-inch diameter Carrara Marble shelf...
Crystal, Carrara Marble, Brass
Antique Middle Eastern Folding Table with Brass Tray
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Traditional Liberty of London Style Hand Crafted Middle Eastern Folding Tea Table With Removable Brass Circular Tray, Decorated With A Etched Intricate Repeating Pattern. The wood...
Brass
Vintage Hand Carved Inlaid Mother of Pearl Side Tables, 20th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of intricately carved & inlaid mother of pearl side tables. Beautifully detailed on top, bottom & all sides make this pa...
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
A Moorish-style side table with a heavy brass removable dish-shaped table top
Located in London, GB
Liberty & Co style. A Moorish-style side table with a heavy brass removable dish-shaped table top, richly engraved with floral decoration to the wavy edge and a bird of paradise to ...
Walnut
Exotic Thai Hand-Painted Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Exotic Thai table with an octagon top hand-painted with elaborate temple scenes and floral borders over a cinnabar colored background. The eight sided ar...
Hardwood
Liberty of London Moorish Green Tilled Top Occasional Table
Located in Faversham, GB
A splendid Moorish style hexagonal occasional table made of mahogany. The top is inlaid with a geometrical pattern of two tone emerald coloured tiles offering a perfect juxtapose to...
Ceramic, Mahogany
Moroccan Fez Mosaic Tile Coffee Table in Black and White
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Moroccan mosaic Fez tiles side table on iron base. Handmade by expert artisans in Fez, Morocco using reclaimed old glazed black and white colors tiles inlaid...
Iron
Moorish Walnut & Pearl Pedestal
Located in Queens, NY
Middle Eastern Moorish style (19th Cent) walnut square pedestal inlaid with pearl and intricately carved spindle & ball design panels resting on 4 feet.
Walnut
Theodore Alexander Embossed Medallion Metal Side Table
Located in North Palm Beach, FL
This metal pedestal side table by Theodore Alexander features a round tray top with an intricately embossed medallion design, framed by a delicate pierced gallery edge that adds dept...
Metal, Wrought Iron
$1,211
Moorish Occasional Table
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Moorish carved and mother of pearl inlay occasional table, 1890. Dimensions 27 inches (69 cms) high 24.5 inches (62 cms) diameter.
Teak
NICE 19TH CENTURY HAND CARVED LIBERTY'S LONDON MOORISH SiDE END LAMP WINE TABLe
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very nicely crafted late 19th century Morrish side table which was retailed through Liberty's London P...
Glass, Walnut