Antique Islamic Syrian Moorish Arabic Caligraphy Inlaid Chair Levantine 1890 Drawings & Prints From a private Colorado collection

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Antique Islamic Syrian Moorish Arabic Caligraphy Inlaid Chair Levantine 1890 Drawings & Prints From a private Colorado collectionA 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.