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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 Hand Painted Cement Tiles with Traditional Fez Design Set of 6
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Hand Painted Cement Tile with Traditional Fez Design, Set of 6 Blue and White colors. Moroccan Hand-Painted Cement Tile with Traditional Fez Design. Moroccan handcrafted a...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Cement

1940s Antique Fine Micro Mosaic Moorish Inlaid Decorative Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted marquetry Moorish wood inlay micro mosaic with miniature hand painted scene. Handcrafted khatam wooden box with very delicate micro mosaic marquetry from the ancient Pers...
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20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Wood

Moroccan Reclaimed Encaustic Cement Tile with Moorish Fez Design
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Reclaimed Encaustic Cement Tile with Moorish Fez Design. Moroccan handcrafted and hand-painted cement tiles with traditional Mooris...
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Late 20th Century Moorish Furniture

Materials

Cement

Three Piece Moorish Style Jar and Bowl Collection
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An oval bowl with deep repousse decoration of foliate scrolls with flowers alternating with palmettes, with a dark patina in the background. The inside hand hammered around a leafy surround of the center. Measures: Length 11 1/2", Depth 8 `1/2", H. 2 1/4" Along with two graduated faceted glass...
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20th Century Moorish Furniture

Materials

Silver Plate

Moroccan Reclaimed Encaustic Tiles Hand made by Artisans in Fez Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan handcrafted reclaimed set of 2 cement tiles with black and white design. These are authentic Moroccan reclaimed encaustic tiles han...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Cement

19th Century Middle Eastern Brass Cylindric Brazier with Tripod Base
Located in Milan, IT
19th century Middle Eastern Brass Brazier standing on tripod base featuring a central turned brass shaft, three cast brass feet at the base, a threaded pin joins the cylindric brazie...
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Early 19th Century Asian Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Metal, Brass, Iron

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...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Metal, Brass, Copper

Moroccan Encaustic Cement Tile Border with Moorish Leaf Design Set of 2
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Encaustic Cement Tile Border with Moorish leaf Design. Moroccan handcrafted and hand-painted cement tiles with traditional leaves design in yellow, white, blue green and wh...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Concrete

Moorish Style Inlaid Bombe Commode
Located in Bradenton, FL
Camel bone and mother of pearl inlaid three drawer commode with ball turned pulls and geometric detail. The double bombe serpentine chest extensively ...
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Late 20th Century Moorish Furniture

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Moroccan Encaustic Cement Tile Border with Moorish Andalusian Fez Design
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Encaustic Cement Tile Border with Moorish Andalusian Fez Design. Moroccan Hand-Painted Cement Tile with Traditional Fez Design Moroccan handcrafted and hand-painted cement...
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Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

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Concrete

Pair of Antique Gilt Metal and Glass Moroccan Sconces
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of antique gilt metal Moroccan Moorish style wall sconces. The pair have been professionally rewired and restored. They include resin candle covers that resemble wax. They are r...
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1920s Moroccan Vintage Moorish Furniture

Materials

Metal

Moroccan Fountain Faucet Engraved Polished Brass
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan cast polished brass hand crafted faucet. Brass water tap engraved water spigot Moroccan water faucet. Moroccan brass faucet with back rosette and spout embellished and hand engraved incised with Moorish design. Elaborate rosette and detailing Moroccan brass fountain faucet, tap, indoor or outdoor use. Engraved, handcrafted, and hand made of polished cast brass, the Moroccan faucets are beautifully ornate, engraved. These ornamental fountain spout are hand made in Fez and Marrakesh, Morocco, North Africa. Solid brass fountain spigot...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brass

Murano Glass Signed Sculpture, Important Rare Centerpiece
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Smart Venetian centerpiece, signed Signoretto and dated 1980 : very important unique piece ! Handles: Two moors black heads with turbans.: it's a ...
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1980s Italian Vintage Moorish Furniture

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Art Glass

Moroccan Wall Sconce Iron and Hand Painted Parchment
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan Wall Sconce Decor Iron and Parchment Moroccan parchment wall shade sconce featuring a large curved hide form stitched on iron and hand painted surface. These Moroccan Art ...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Iron

Brazier Heater Planter in Copper on Wooden Base, XVIIIth or XIXth
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Copper brazier, fire dish, brazero, on its wooden base at 8 feet. Beautiful patina. The removable tank is in hammered copper, fitted with mobile handles on a...
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Late 18th Century Spanish Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Copper

Pair of Modern Gold Moroccan Stools
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of modern gold fabric Moroccan stools. Use it as a foot stool, pouf, extra seat or modern ottoman. Multiple available price for one is $ 250. Please call us if you need more th...
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Late 20th Century Moorish Furniture

Materials

Fabric

Moorish Style Moroccan 1900s Armchair with Mother of Pearl Geometric Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Moorish style Moroccan armchair, dating back to circa 1900, will instantly enchant the viewer with its out-curving back and arms, intricate geometric inlay, mother of pearl moti...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Turkish Wood, Metal, and Enamel Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive vintage Turkish stand or table crafted in indigenous hardwood in an octagon form featuring ambitious decorations of tooled jewelry like metal work, a deep step down top un...
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20th Century Turkish Moorish Furniture

Materials

Metal

Original Antique Print of Cairo, Egypt, circa 1840
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image of Cairo Fine steel engraving Published by Thomas Kelly, London, circa 1840 Unframed.
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1840s English Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Paper

Hand-Hammered Anglo Raj Copper Black Hand-Painted Vessel Jug
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Indo-Raj large hand-hammered metal jug vessel, originally used to collect waters of the three sacred rivers, the Ganges and Yamuna Sarasvati, this large vessel is much more than just...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Metal

Antique Moroccan Silver Plated Tea Caddy Footed Candy Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1920s Antique Moroccan Silver Plated Footed Tea Caddy with hinged lid. This authentic Moroccan brass silver plated box has a beautiful etched geometri...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

20th Century Brass Teapot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
20th century brass teapot. By unknown manufacturer, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful ...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brass

Pair Early 20th Century Moroccan Wall Shelves
Located in Houston, TX
Pair 1920s or earlier Moroccan wood and mother of pearly inlay wall shelves. These wonderful Múdejar design shelves feature abstract geometry, horseshoe and multifoil arches, and honeycombed vaults called muqarnas supported by miniature columns.
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Early 20th Century Moorish Furniture

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Moorish 19th Century Middle Eastern Inlaid Folding Chair
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Middle Eastern wood folding Moorish chair with intricate foliate carving inlays. Inlaid and hand carved with Arabic design motif and folia...
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Late 20th Century Asian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Wood

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

Materials

Wood

Moroccan Ceramic Lidded Urn with Arabic Calligraphy Black Writing, Fez
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Moroccan glazed royal blue ceramic urn with lid from Fez. Vintage Moorish style ceramic handcrafted and hand painted with Arabic calligraphy w...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Post Modern Upholstered Moroccan Art Deco Style Pouf in Hot Fuchsia Color
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Art Deco Style fuchsia and black Moroccan stool, round ottoman or vanity stool in hot fuchsia color with black velvet cut design. The upholstery is a damask fabric in floral taffeta...
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Early 2000s Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Damask, Satin, Velvet

Pair of Vintage Turkish Metal Work Ottomans or Footstools
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive pair of midcentury Turkish ottomans or stools with upholstered tops with brass tacks over bases having exotic floral metal work, on wood frames, decorated with bone, and h...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Moorish Furniture

Materials

Metal, Brass

20th Century Brass Teapot
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
20th century brass teapot. By unknown manufacturer, Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful ...
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1940s Spanish Vintage Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brass

Islamic Art, Orientalist Paintings Auction Catalog Tajan, 1993
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tajan 1993 Islamic Art, Orientalist Paintings Auction Catalog Orientalist painting and Islamic Art, Text in French. Paperback softcover Islamic Art bo...
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Late 20th Century French Moorish Furniture

Materials

Paper

Middle Eastern Egyptian Antique Round Brass Tray
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Egyptian antique round brass tray. The handcrafted circular brass platter is decorated and hammered with Islamic Moorish designs. Heavy brass with very fine hand chased floral and geometric Arabic designs...
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Early 20th Century Egyptian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brass

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

Materials

Bone, Wood

North African Stained Glass and Brass Hanging Lantern Shade
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
North African stained glass and brass hanging lantern shade This is a lovely piece, it is rectangular in shape with diamond glass panels decorated with filigree brass work and small stained glass...
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19th Century Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brass

Moorish Style Moroccan Center Table with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Geometric Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Moroccan Moorish style center table from the early 20th century, with inlaid wood and mother of pearl geometric motifs. Created in Morocco during the first quarter of the 20th cent...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Moroccan Candle Lantern, Holder, White Brass in Arabesque Design, Set of Three
Located in Plainview, NY
A set of three candleholders featuring elegant arabesque design and beautifully handcrafted of white brass. Each candleholder or lantern has a glass door to place the candle. This se...
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1990s Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brass

Glazed Islamic Hispano-Moresque Earthenware Dish Yellow Bowl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique glazed Hispano-Moresque earthenware dish yellow Islamic bowl. Early 20th century Moorish terracotta bowl with bright yellow glaze. Glazed Mauresque Spanish Talavera pottery bowl ware. Hispano-Moresque earthenware dish Majolica in polychrome Moorish floral pattern. Islamic pottery vessel hand painted in splashes of colors in green, saffron yellow and teal floral decoration, very modern and abstract naïf composition. Tin-glazed Persian style earthenware with a lustre glaze, made in Spain...
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Early 20th Century Spanish Moorish Furniture

Materials

Ceramic, Earthenware, Pottery

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

Antique Zanzibar Omani Teak & Brass Studded Copper Clad Dowry Chest Trunk, 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Zanzibar, Omani dowry chest, circa 1880. The chest having a hinged lid clad in decorated copper repousse work, the front and sides having similar decoration, the insi...
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Late 19th Century Omani Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brass, Copper

1960's Moorish Foldable Tray Table
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...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Copper

Turkish Polychrome Hand Painted Ceramic Kutahya Platter
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Turkish polychrome hand painted ceramic Kutahya decorative hanging Plate. Kütahya is famous for its kiln products, such as tiles and pottery, which...
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Mid-20th Century Turkish Moorish Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Vintage Spanish Inlaid Marquetry Decorative Music Box Inlaid with White Bone
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Spanish Granada Inlaid Marquetry Decorative Music Box Inlaid with White Bone. It is intricately designed with a sadeli Syrian style mosaic, s...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Moorish Furniture

Materials

Bone, Fruitwood

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Harvey Probber for Lord and Taylor Moorish Chairs
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fantastic pair of vintage MCM dining chairs. Designed by Harvey Probber for Lord and Taylor. Beautiful Moorish design with raspberry velvet with deep ebony wood. Acquired from a Pa...
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Late 20th Century North American Moorish Furniture

Materials

Velvet, Ebony

Baroque Venetian Style, Red 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...
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Late 20th Century Italian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Velvet

Moroccan Moorish Side Table Hand Painted Red Wood
Located in North Hollywood, 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...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Colonial Moorish Style Hall Tree
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th Century French Colonial Moorish Style Hall Tree. Moorish hall tree with mirror 2 brass coat hooks, heavily carved wood with leafy scrollwork and...
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19th Century Moroccan Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Wood

Vintage Middle Eastern Moorish Mosaic Marquetry Inlay Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Middle Eastern Moorish wooden jewelry box inlaid with marquetry. Middle Eastern box handcrafted in very fine Moorish micro mosaic diamonds,...
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Early 20th Century Asian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Fruitwood

Marquetry Wood Box with Mosaic Bone Inlays, Middle East, circa 1940s
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite handcrafted Khatam wood box with micro mosaic marquetry design, an Ancient Persian technique of inlaying. Moorish style box features geometric inlays of wood and bone. Art...
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1940s West Asian Vintage Moorish Furniture

Materials

Wood, Bone

Vintage Mosaic Marquetry Moorish Octagonal Music Box Granada 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 trinket box intricately and finely inlaid in Islamic geometric designs with marquetry of precious wood decorated with Moorish motif designs which have been painstakingly inlaid with fruitwoods.. Handcrafted in Granada Spain...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Moorish Furniture

Materials

Shell, Fruitwood

Moorish Style Tiled Fountain
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A colorful and artistic fountain in deep red and pale tan ceramic tiles with an ogival arch and rosette motifs on the back and a projecting blue tiled well below, the whole affixed t...
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20th Century Moorish Furniture

Materials

Cement

Moroccan Moorish Middle Eastern Large Inlaid Wood Micro Mosaic Jewelry Box
Located in Studio City, CA
Stunning mosaic design, this intricate wood box is made from multiple micro pieces of wood with some possible bone inlays. Gorgeous craftsmanship. A true work of art. Would be a g...
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20th Century Moorish Furniture

Materials

Wood

Vintage Moroccan Hand Painted Wall Shelf or Spice Rack
Located in Plainview, NY
A beautiful vintage Moroccan Moorish wall shelf or spice rack. The Moroccan shelf is beautifully hand painted in vibrant orange with multi-color design ...
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20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Wood, Paint

Berber Old Earthenware Bowls and Lids from Morocco
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/2956 - Old earthenware bowls and lids from Morocco: terracotta lids can be used to keep food warm in serving dishes. I'm closing my activities, so...
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Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

Boho Chic style 19th Century Hand Carved Wooden Moorish Octagonal Table
Located in London, GB
Antique Ottoman side table made around the end of the 19th century from Northern Africa. An ornately carved geometric design with delicate Bone flowers in the Style of the Ottomans. ...
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1890s North African Antique Moorish Furniture

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Wood

Engraved Brass Vase
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Old Moorish or Syrian style brass with fine designs. It was transformed in a table lamp, but it's so nice like that, without anything else. Leaning on a landing: it's perfect.
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Mid-20th Century Syrian Moorish Furniture

Materials

Brass

Antique South European Mirror with Moorish Influences
Located in Baambrugge, NL
Antique South European mirror with Moorish influences, painted zinc and aged weathered mirror glass, so that it is not really possible to look in the mirror. Dimensions: 159.5 x 7...
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19th Century Spanish Antique Moorish Furniture

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Mirror, Wood

Middle Eastern Syrian Inlay Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite Middle Eastern Syrian inlay jewelry box intricately inlaid with Moorish motif designs which have been painstakingly inlaid micro mosaic marque...
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Early 20th Century Moorish Furniture

Materials

Fruitwood

Original Antique Print of Jerusalem After J.M.W Turner. Dated 1834
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful image of Jerusalem Fine steel engraving after J.M.W Turner Published by John Murray & Son, London. Dated 1836 Unframed.
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1830s English Antique Moorish Furniture

Materials

Paper

Velvet Throw Pillow by Gabraith & Paul
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Velvet Throw Pillow by Gabraith & Paul. Galbraith & Paul taupe and jade green square velvet throw pillow. The pillow is hand block printed with a geometr...
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Late 20th Century Moorish Furniture

Materials

Velvet

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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