Antique Islamic Syrian Moorish Arabic Caligraphy Inlaid Chair Levantine 1890 Sculpture Born in Antwerp in 1600

Born in Antwerp in 1600

Gouache crayon and chalk on handmade paper

each panel depicts the couple in a landscape scene with Taj Mahal style buildings

The shallow bowl having an intense jade color and incised decoration to the center of the bowl representing a dragon amongst foliage

He preferred the Avant Garde feeling that his contemporaries created during this period (1880-1920) Camille Claudel

Antique Islamic Syrian Moorish Arabic Caligraphy Inlaid Chair Levantine 1890 Sculpture Born in Antwerp in 1600A good antique Syrian Moorish inlaid chair with mashrabiya and Arabic calligraphy decoration, circa 1890. This very attractive antique Levantine chair has a curved back with a pair of turned ball finials and a central crest inlaid with bone, the back is elaboratley decorated with mashrabiya stick & ball cross carvings, and the central panel is inliad with Mother of Pearl. The seat has the original embroidered fabric with a central Arabesque cartouche.