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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Moorish Inlaid Six-Legged Folding Side Table and Brass Tray Top.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Moorish Inlaid Six-Legged Folding Side Table and Brass Tray Top. The inlay work makes this folding tray an exceptional handmade side table. A hand carved turned wood base of 6 legs ...
Brass
Pair of Levantine Mother of Pearl and Bone Inlaid Side Tables
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Pair of Levantine mother of pearl and bone inlaid octagonal side tables. With octagonal tops with mother of pearl and bone inlay, sides with bone and mother of pearl inlay, resting o...
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Antique Moroccan Foldout Inlaid Game Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty refined antique Moroccan game table with multiple uses, crafted in walnut having elaborate inlaid geometric marquetry with bone, mahogany, mo...
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Felt, Ebony, Walnut
Antique Moroccan Inlaid Table with Tray Top
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Moroccan table crafted in mahogany featuring a removable silvered brass tray hand hammered in symbolic and floral designs, a ...
Brass
$3,018Sale Price|20% Off
Moorish Hexagonal Pedestal Table With Ebonised Wooden Top & Repetitive Inlaid
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Beautiful 19th Century Antique Hand-Crafted Middle Eastern Pedestal Table With Ebonised MOP, Bone Inlay Fruit Wood Wooden Top, & Repetitive Geometric Inlaid Decorative Parquetr...
Bone, Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
$2,509Sale Price|20% Off
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
Moroccan Inlaid Hexagonal Side Table with Brass Nail Heads
Located in Stamford, CT
Moroccan six sided glass topped side table with incised bone inlay and nail heads, and signature decorative turned wood spindles throughout. Rich and warm patina, a very handsome side, end or drinks table. New, scratch free glass top. This Moorish style table...
Brass
Massive Mid-Century Moroccan Brass Tray, Handcrafted, Oval, Circa 1950
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Massive Mid-Century Brass Moroccan Oval Brass Tray. Hand tooled etched very large Moroccan polished brass tray. This oval brass tray...
Brass
Moroccan Moorish Copper Tray Table with Hand-Carved Folding Base
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
An exceptional Moorish Moroccan folding tray table, featuring a beautifully hand-hammered round copper top resting on an intricately hand-c...
Brass
Antique Moroccan Occasional Table with Carved Wood & Brass Inlay
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A highly decorative early 20th century Middle Eastern / Moroccan occasional table, richly carved throughout and embellished with repetitive brass inlay. The circular top is worked w...
Brass
Moroccan Moorish Copper Tray Table with Wooden Folding Base
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Moroccan antique copper tray table with wooden Syrian folding base. The removable round copper top has a hand-hammered decoration with...
Copper
Moroccan Folding Tray Table in Brass and wood
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Traditional Moroccan Folding Tray Table, Brass, Wood, Morocco, 1940s-1950s. This moorish brass tray table features a round brass tray...
Brass
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
Hand-Etched Brass Moroccan Tray Table on Collapsible Base, c. 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
A fantastic 20th mid-century vintage Moorish oval-shaped coffee table composed of a removable meticulously sculpted and hand-engraved copper tabletop and a sculpted foldable wooden b...
Copper
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 ...
Brass
Pair of Antique Ottoman Moorish Abalone Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Pedestal Tables
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
An exceptional and highly unusual pair of antique Ottoman Moorish pedestal tables, handcrafted in Turkey during the late 19th century, circa 1880. Distinguished by extensive mosaic d...
Fruitwood, Bone, Shell, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
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 Islamic Brass Tray Table, Handcrafted in Spain, 1920s Design
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Islamic Moorish Spain brass repousse tray table on folding wooden carved teak legs. Moorish Islamic Brass tray Side Table Spain circa 1920s. The...
Brass
English Moorish Revival Painted Side Table with Scalloped Apron
Located in Bruton, GB
Charming Moorish Revival style side table or occasional table featuring a hand-painted cream finish with blue line detailing and distinctive scalloped arcade trim. The rectangular to...
Wood
$5,981Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Spanish warm brown Chestnut Coffee Table with inlaid marquetry
Located in Casteren, NL
This antique Spanish coffee table dates from the 18th century and was crafted entirely from solid chestnut wood. It embodies the rustic yet refined aesthetic of rural Spanish furnitu...
Chestnut
Antique Moroccan Inlaid Table with Tray Top
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Moroccan table crafted in mahogany featuring a removable silvered brass tray hand hammered in symbolic and floral designs, a ...
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
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
Antique Persian Qajar Tinned Copper Engraved Tray Table
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
An exceptionally detailed antique Persian tinned copper tray, dating to the early 20 th century and later adapted as an elegant occasional table with a black and gold folding wooden ...
Metal
Antique Writing Desk and Chair Set circa 1920s, Moorish Style Inlaid Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Very fine antique Moorish style inlaid writing desk and chair set, circa 1920's. This hand-carved, intricately detailed example has absolutely incredible inlay work and fine woods to...
Wood, Walnut
Middle Eastern Damascus Carved Fretwork Dining Table
Located in Queens, NY
Middle Eastern Damascus (20th Century) oval dining table with a carved fretwork edge and an inlaid geometric design top with 2 pedestal sides connected with a stretcher (Related Item...
Wood
Antique Middle Eastern Octagonal Occasional Table With Inlaid Bone & Wood
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A highly decorative antique Middle Eastern octagonal occasional table, finely hand carved and embellished with contrasting bone inlay. The octagonal top is richly worked with intric...
Wood
Antique Moroccan Center Table Hand Carved from Atlas Cedar
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Exceptional craftsmanship and uniquely beautiful wood, both of a bygone era. This 12-sided center table or coffee table is constructed of Atlas Cedar. A wood unique to pockets of the...
Wood, Cedar
$1,450
Moorish Round Brass Tray
Located in Queens, NY
Moorish (19/20th Century) round brass tray with rope design edge.
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
$1,514Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Moroccan Side Table with Bone and Ebony Inlay, 1800s
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique 19th Century Moroccan Hexagonal Pedestal Side Table With Bone Inlay A stunning antique 19th century Moroccan hexagonal pedestal side table, beautifully hand-crafted in eboni...
Wood, Bone
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...
Brass
Moorish Mother Of Pearl And Bone Inlaid Hexagonal Occasional Table
Located in Essex, MA
A fine example with beautifully inlaid top with conforming side with alternating bobbin turned panels alternating with bone inlaid geometric panels. Circular legs with mother of pear...
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, 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
Moorish Brass Tray Table, Hand-Crafted with Scalloped Edge, Circa 1890
Located in Queens, NY
Moorish (19/20th Century) round brass tray with scalloped edge.
Brass
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 Moroccan Side Table With Bone, MOP, Ebony and Fruit Wood.
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning Antique 19th Century Hand-Crafted Moroccan Hexagonal Pedestal Tea Table With Ebonised Bone Inlay & MoP Wooden Top, & Repetitive Geometric Inlaid Decorative Parquet...
Wood
Moorish Round Brass Tray, Hand-Crafted, Scalloped Edge, Circa 1890
Located in Queens, NY
Moorish (19/20th Century) round brass tray with scalloped edge.
Brass
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
Antique Moroccan Inlaid Three Tiered Table
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century Moroccan aesthetics movement center table crafted in mahogany featuring a hexagon top with inlaid bone, ebony and mother of pearl in geometric designs on a ba...
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Mahogany
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
$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
Moroccan Moorish Hand-Painted Polychrome Star Side Table, circa 1950
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
A highly decorative mid-20th-century Moroccan Moorish hand-painted wood side table, distinguished by its sculptural eight-pointed star top, architectural pedestal base and exceptiona...
Wood
Handcrafted Folding Tea Table with Brass Tray, Liberty of London
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 Moroccan Fern Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A tall deep stained Moroccan Fern Stand with intricate decorative turnings at top and bottom tiers. Elegant Mosque style cut-outs on all four sides. Very well made and solid feeling....
Wood
Exquisite Moorish/Anglo Indian Carved Two Tier Side Table with Open Shelves
Located in Bruton, GB
Exquisitely crafted Moorish side table featuring intricate hand-carved openwork decoration and a beautifully weathered whitewashed finish. Rich in architectural detail, the table sh...
Hardwood
Pair of Large Antique Ottoman Moorish Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl and Bone Inlaid
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of Large Antique Ottoman Moorish Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl and Bone Inlaid Pedestals, circa 1880. An exceptional pair of large antique Ottoman Moorish pedestal tables, handcrafte...
Fruitwood, Bone, Shell, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Moorish Moroccan Style Folding Brass Tray Drink Table
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome middle eastern Moroccan style brass top drinks table or tray table featuring a weathered patina on the etched top. The six leg base has a hexagonal shape with mother-of-pear...
Brass
Moorish Carlo Bugatti Style Mother of Pearl Inlaid Ebonized Carved Wood Table
Located in Forney, TX
A magnificent, rare and most unusual antique Moorish style bone, mother of pearl, shell & ebony inlaid carved wood library table in the manner of legendary designer Carlo Bugatti (It...
Shell, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Hardwood, Bone
Moroccan Brass Inlaid Low Table
Located in Essex, MA
Octagonal top with brass central star inlay. Conforming base with stretcher.
Brass
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
Early 20th Century Continental Neoclassical Inlaid Walnut Center Table
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents Antique Coffee Table. Clean Modern classic lines. Solid Inlaid Burl Wood, Walnut and Exotic Hardwoods Sculptural Legs and Base. Geometric Mosaic Detail Removabl...
Wood
Moorish Moroccan Octagonal Pedestal Tables Inlaid with Mosaic Marquetry
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Pair of Moroccan Moorish style walnut octagonal pedestal tables inlaid with mosaic marquetry. Tabletop is of octagonal form, decorated with various ...
Fruitwood, Walnut
Moroccan Outdoor Round Mosaic Tile Dining Table on Iron Base 47 in.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted round Moroccan outdoor mosaic tile table 47 in. diameter on iron base. Classic and elegant vintage Moroccan outdoor mosaic tile table sit ...
Wrought Iron
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
Wrought Iron Serpents Table with Hand Tooled Star Pattern on Brass Top
Located in Chicago, IL
This unique table has handwrought iron serpents for legs. Their coiled tails form their bases, then their heads rise up above the surface of the table. Th...
Wrought Iron, Brass
Hand-Crafted Round Moroccan Teak Tabouret Side Table with Bone Inlay
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
Antique Moroccan Silver-Plated Tea Tray Table on Removable Legs Fez, circa 1920
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Moroccan Silver-Plated Tea Tray Table on Removable Legs — Hand-Chased, Fez, circa 1920 An exceptional and generously scaled Moroccan silver-plat...
Silver Plate
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
Contemporary Moorish Round Coffee Table with White Bone Inlay
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Contemporary Moorish white bone Inlay round coffee table with metal frame. Clean modern lines will work with any interior. 32 inches diameter x 16 inc...
Metal
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...
Brass