549 - Arabian side table with carved arabesque top, mashrabiya lattices and drawer

Arabian side table with carved arabesque top, mashrabiya lattices and drawer Hardwood, dark brown, octagonal Arabian side table, top with profiled edge and all-over low-relief carved decoration of tendrils, bands of Arabic script and a central round medallion, frieze with carved friezes, panels of turned spindle lattices (mashrabiya) and carved spandrels, one drawer in the frieze, four turned legs with ring mouldings, joined by a turned cross stretcher, probably circa 1900, in good condition commensurate with age, 71x70x47 cm (HxWxD) The turned spindle lattices of the table derive from the mashrabiya, the oriental window screen made of carved or turned wooden segments, which serves for shading and ventilation and had its centres in Cairo and Damascus. Side tables in this oriental style are dated around 1900 and described as Ottoman; Damascus furniture of the late 19th century additionally shows inlays in woods and mother-of-pearl. Such a table is sought as Damascus table, Moorish table or oriental table.