An intricately carved x pattern chair, with Arabic script and mother-of-pearl inlay, Cairo or Damascus, circa early 20th century. This handsome chair is in excellent condition and is extensively carved in the orientalist style with calligraphic…
Venetian armchair, 19th century Italian, elaborately carved, walnut armrests and legs, with figural Moorish decoration, and trimmed brocade upholstered seat, height 129 cm, length 98 cm, depth 80 cm
World War II Counter Top Recruitment Displays, 4, 'How she'll prize your letters from overseas,' one of a series of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Second World War recruitment posters issued under the title Join the AIF This poster is subtitled…
A superb Syrian mixed timbers and mother of pearl swivel top games table backgammon, gaming board and baize topped games surface. Early 20th century, height 80 cm, width 43 cm, length 85 cm
A Syrian olivewood, ebony and mother of pearl inlaid davenport, late 19th century, the rising slope front opening to reveal two drawers, secret compartment to right hand side, the base with turned uprights and conforming inlaid panels, one side revealing…
Carlo Bugatti wall cabinet with letter racks, walnut inlaid with pewter, bone and copper, c1888 - 1890, 147 cm high, 55 cm wide, 27 cm deep. Bugatti's ideas were much inspired by Moorish, Islamic and Japanese design and he was no doubt influenced by the…
Moorish pedestal side table, having a hexagonal top, inlaid throughout with brass copper and mother of pearl, labelled 'Cortina Ebanista Tirolo', height 73 cm, width 46 cm. Provenance: Leonard Joel, lot 95, 24 August 2014. The Estate of Martyn Cook, Sydney
A fine Syrian inlaid fold-over games table, opening to reveal a baize lined playing surface with whist board frame, a well to the centre opening to reveal a backgammon board. 84 cm x 42 cm x 84 cm (closed).
Two rare early 20th century Carlo Bugatti (1856-1940) Orientalist salon chairs, displaying Moorish influences, ebonised walnut frames with incised Eastern designs. The original (goat skin) parchment upholstery hand painted with gestural restrained floral…
A Middle Eastern folding chair with Intricate foliate carving, inlaid with mother of pearl, probably Syrian, early 20th century a panel with fine Arabic script below the inlay with a star & clouds in the top central medallion, height 107 x 48 x 54 cm
A carved mahogany wine table inlaid in the Moorish taste, 19th century, the table inlaid in star, chequered and diamond point patterns in a variety of specimen timbers, with a raised relief caved edge, raised on a turned stem to a lavishly scrolled base…
A Syrian inlaid mosaic chess table, mid 20th century, having fold out top with interior chess and backgammon playing board and playing pieces storage compartment, lower height 67 cm; top: 63.5 x 64 cm
An impressive Moorish bone and geometric parquetry inlaid bed, 19th century, 196 cm high, 160 cm wide, 240 cm deep. Provenance: Property of a Gentleman, Melbourne. NB:
A Moorish influenced parquetry and mother-of-pearl folding top games table, Damascus, early/mid 20th century the top with central hexagonal medallion flanked by diamond shaped motifs and a field of stars and geometric designs, the interior lined with…
Moorish, Spanish table, with a plank top. Carved frieze with panels on carved tapering square bobbin turned legs. 149 cm long, 67 cm high. Provenance: Reputed to be found on a Spanish Moorish sunken 15th century ship
A Syrian bone and mother of pearl inlaid games table, circa 1900, the top with geometric motifs opening to reveal a central felt playing surface together with various board game surfaces including backgammon, Checkers and chess, supported by shaped inlaid…