Antique Islamic Syrian Moorish Arabic Caligraphy Inlaid Chair Levantine 1890 Drawings & Prints Povey Brothers was known as

Povey Brothers was known as the "Tiffany of the Northwest" and many of the company's windows still exist in historic buildings throughout the region

A very early Victorian sterling silver gilt viniagrette by Francis Clarke

it is very robust and stable and in excellent condition

and supplied many other crowned heads of Europe

Antique Islamic Syrian Moorish Arabic Caligraphy Inlaid Chair Levantine 1890 Drawings & Prints Povey Brothers was known asA good antique Syrian Moorish inlaid chair with mashrabiya and Arabic calligraphy decoration, circa 1890. This very attractive antique Levantine chair has a curved back with a pair of turned ball finials and a central crest inlaid with bone, the back is elaboratley decorated with mashrabiya stick & ball cross carvings, and the central panel is inliad with Mother of Pearl. The seat has the original embroidered fabric with a central Arabesque cartouche.