Antique Arabic Walnut Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Dowry Marriage Chest Damascus 1860 Decorative Arts "Allegory of Poetry" Claude François

"Allegory of Poetry" Claude François Rabiat circa 1810

5" in width and 23

Abril was born in 1923

late 17th Century Florentine Baroque carving of a putto

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Antique Arabic Walnut Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Dowry Marriage Chest Damascus 1860 Decorative Arts "Allegory of Poetry" Claude FrançoisSOLD A very stylish and elegant inlaid Ottoman Arabic dowry chest, Damascus work, circa 1860. This very beautiful antique chest has a serpentine shaped white marble top, with a carved edge of acanthus leaves. The walnut body is extravagantly inlaid with Mother of Pearl decoration, the locking drop front (key present) has floral inlay and the edge of the door is inlaid with a frieze of ebony and bone. The sides of the chest have an incised carved