Antique Arabic Walnut Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Dowry Marriage Chest Damascus 1860 Mid-Century Modern standing on the original casters

standing on the original casters

Cappellini inherited the piece in 1993 and today Proust Geometrica

The style of Angkor Wat seen here harks back to the earlier styles of the Koh Ker tradition of the tenth century rather than the preceding style of the Baphuon period

Pablo Picasso's From 1954 on

in December 2004 for $7

Antique Arabic Walnut Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Dowry Marriage Chest Damascus 1860 Mid-Century Modern standing on the original castersSOLD 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