Antique Arabic Walnut Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Dowry Marriage Chest Damascus 1860 Mid-Century Modern She has a beautiful face

She has a beautiful face and contemplatively stares into the foreground

standing on the original casters

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

these are a particularly graceful pair of goblets

Silversmiths worked on small discs

Antique Arabic Walnut Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Dowry Marriage Chest Damascus 1860 Mid-Century Modern She has a beautiful faceSOLD 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