Antique Arabic Walnut Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Dowry Marriage Chest Damascus 1860 Mid-Century Modern Silversmiths worked on small discs

Silversmiths worked on small discs

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

standing on the original casters

Beneker painted about 500 oil paintings over his nearly 30 year career

Burkhardt “painted the soul of Mexico” with Mexican themes and colors—especially those of burials and ceremonies surrounding death—permeating his abstract work

Antique Arabic Walnut Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Dowry Marriage Chest Damascus 1860 Mid-Century Modern Silversmiths worked on small discsSOLD 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