Low side table,
ca. 1800–1850
Walnut, mother-of-pearl inlays
Height30 cm
Diameter46 cm
Place of originDimashq
About the workIn the Middle East, water dispensers and confectionery bowls were presented to guests on low tables such as this one. The star-shaped design is typical of the style of the region, as is the geometric inlaid mother-of-pearl decoration. Interest in this type of art surged in Europe in the middle of the nineteenth century – and with it the trade in furniture and crafts from Middle Eastern countries. It became fashionable to decorate entire rooms in an “Arabic style” with fabrics, carpets and objects in bright colours and stylised patterns.
AccessionAcquisition 1887
Provenance[...]; bis 2.2.1887 Dr. Franz Johann Joseph Bock, Kanonikus, Geistlicher und Kunsthistoriker (Aachen-Burtscheid 1823-1899 Aachen); 2.2.1887 - 1927 ehem. Kunstgewerbemuseum Düsseldorf (1883-1927) angekauft von Bock; 1927 übernommen aus dem Kunstgewerbemuseum
Inventory numberP 11457
