Moorish Wall Decorations
MOORISH STYLE
After the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in the eighth century, Islamic Spain became a cultural mix of influences that shaped both private homes and religious spaces. Moorish design was the name given to this style, which evolved through the 15th century with vibrant tile work, horseshoe arches and lavish ornamentation, most visible at sites such as Granada’s Alhambra and the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba. Moorish furniture was often similarly ornate, and featured pieces inlaid with wood, ivory and bone.
When European designers began studying Moorish art and architecture in the early 19th century, it led to a Moorish Revival. Appropriating the style’s decorative flourishes and architectural elements, it promoted a romantic view of Islamic design. Travelers could bring home a memento of what they witnessed in the Middle East, a trend that aligned with a fad for themed interiors. Men’s smoking rooms arranged with ottomans, divans and settees and inlaid tables were especially popular, as were cafés where coffee was served amid bead curtains and colorful floor mats. (Handwoven rugs are a centerpiece of Moorish interiors.) Octagonal rooms with domed ceilings were created for wealthy homes, frequently with furnishings like pipe stands, filigree plasterwork and arched doorways. The horseshoe arch is an iconic attribute of Moorish architecture that, in addition to Spain, can be found in Sicily, Morocco and elsewhere.
Several late 19th to early 20th-century movements featured Moorish touches. The American and English Aesthetic Movement, for example, borrowed liberally from global decorating styles, as seen in furniture designed by Lockwood de Forest, a New York-born artist who mixed Eastern and Western forms. The visual vocabulary of Art Nouveau also references the elegant use of geometry in Moorish design, with Milanese Art Nouveau furniture designer Carlo Bugatti drawing inspiration from the style. The Arts and Crafts movement, which prized expressive yet simple design, incorporated Moorish influences; hand-painted furniture and tile work created by William De Morgan, a British designer and potter who made furnishings for the likes of Morris Co., were informed by techniques from Moorish Spain.
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Style: Moorish
Moorish Brass Inlaid Camel Saddle /Towel Rack
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Moorish Brass inlaid camel saddle /towel rack
The finest example, heavily inlaid with brass, possibly originally an officers or wealthy persons saddle.
Can be easily mounted and ...
Category
19th Century Moroccan Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass, Iron
$1,160 Sale Price
38% Off
Vintage Moroccan Handcrafted Ceramic Yellow Bowl
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan hand-painted glazed ceramic plate with a yellow background and adorned with geometric black Moorish designs.
Signed in the back in Arabic “Safi", which is the ci...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Middle Eastern Persian Framed of Women Gathered in Open Field
Located in Queens, NY
Middle Eastern Persian gold framed painted on bone scene of a group of women gathered in a open field with large vases and dancing (similar to NWL7300A)
Category
20th Century Persian Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Bone
Moroccan Hanging Black Metal Tray from Meknes
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted in Morocco, hanging blackened round metal tray, hand chased with the doors of the city of Meknes.
Black background with silver designs.
D...
Category
Late 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
R Weisse, Street Scene, Orientalist Painting, Late 19th Early 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Orientalist oil on canvas depicting a woman sitting in the street, quenching her thirst, with 2 children.
This painting is signed by the artist Rudolf Weisse on the lower right: Wei...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Persian Engraved Ghalam-Zani Brass Islamic Vases with Wooden Wall Brackets
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Beautiful pair of Persian engraved Ghalam-zani Islamic brass vases on Middle Eastern Syrian Moorish style wooden wall decorative brackets.
The small Moorish brass vases are finely hand-chased with elaborate designs and presented on hand crafted wooden Arabian brackets inlaid with shell and Syrian fretwork decor.
Engraving (Ghalam-zani) is a term, for artistic metalworking, it is one of the original Persian handicraft, the art of engraving and embossing, hammering, repousse and chasing elaborate designs, patterns and shapes on metals such as copper, silver, gold, and brass to form minute detailed reliefs or small engraved patterns.
Art engraving has a long history in Iran and in the Middle East back to more than several thousand years ago.
Wooden wall brackets...
Category
19th Century Egyptian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
AL-ANDALUS. El Islam en España by Juan Vernet, Martin Martinez, Collectible Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
AL-ANDALUS. El Islam en España, multilingual Spanish and English text.
VERNET, Juan, MARTINEZ MARTIN, Leonor.
Published by Lunwerg Barcelona, 1992
This beautifully illustrated vol...
Category
20th Century Spanish Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Turkish Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts from the Collection of Edwin Binney
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Turkish Miniature Paintings and Manuscripts from the Collection of Edwin Binney,
Binney, Edwin (1973)
Examples of the Turkish pictorial a...
Category
20th Century Turkish Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Khartoum, 1966 British Epic War Movie Poster in Spanish
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
This is an original release one-sheet poster for the film KHARTOUM starring Laurence Olivier and Charlton Heston.
In Spanish Khartoum movie poster.
The poster features renowned ar...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Mediterranean Design Book by Mary Whitesides 1st Edition, 2006
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Mediterranean Design hardcover – August 17, 2006.
by Mary Whitesides (Author).
Title: Mediterranean Design
Publisher: brand: Gibbs Smith
Publication date: 2006
Binding: Hardcover
Great hardcover coffee table book.
Mediterranean Design reveals the vibrant color, outdoor-living emphasis, and diverse cultural influences that have created this unique style. Defined by an eclectic mix of natural elements: sunlight bouncing across textured walls, rooms arranged around porch-lined courtyards, terra-cotta tile roofs covering wood-beam ceilings, arched passages and porticos, vibrantly colored interiors, and courtyards and fountains that take advantage of the temperate climate. Mediterranean Design brings home the romantic and worldly appeal of a style that finds its heritage in the diverse lands of Morocco, Spain, Greece, Turkey, France, and Croatia.
Mediterranean Design highlights the unique aspects of the style, such as spatial orientation of the rooms is defining and private vestibules and porches rather than hallways connecting functional spaces, bedrooms as suites rather than lonely rooms, bathrooms as spas rather than generic or merely functional rooms.
Details such as arches, pillars, high ceilings, fountains, gardens, pergolas, lime-washed walls, stone façades...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Architecture de L
islam de L
atlantique au Gange by Henri Stierlin 1979 Book
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Architecture de l'Islam. De l'Atlantique au Gange
Stierlin, Henri.
Architecture of Islam.
Publisher : Office du Livre;
First Edition: January 1, 1979.
Language : French
Hardcover : 288 pages
This book shows the architectural history and characteristics.
of each region of the Islamic world from a cultural context.
It is full of beautiful color photographs taken by the author and newly made drawings.
The most important point is that the author, Stierlin, clarifies the feature of Islamic architecture...
Category
20th Century Asian Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Topkapi Palace by Ilhan Aksit Le Palais de Topkapi
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Le Palais de Topkapi, Topkapi Palace.
Published 1993 by Aksit Kultur Turizm Sanat Ajans
First Edition January 1993)
Edition Language French.
By the 16th cent...
Category
20th Century Turkish Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Spanish Splendor Great Palaces Castles and Country Homes Hardcover Book Rizzoli
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Spanish Splendor: Great Palaces, Castles, and Country Homes hardcover book.
y Mato, Juan Jose Junquera (text by); Schezen, Roberto (photographs by); y Morenes, Enrique Ruspoli (intro...
Category
20th Century Spanish Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Moroccan Antique Brass covers.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Very handsome large scale brass cover.
Large Moroccan ceremonial brass vessel for covering wedding presents, pastries or food, hand forged in Fez. Perfect ...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
$850 / item
Moroccan Antique Bronze Cover with Brass Etched Decor
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Very handsome large-scale handcrafted cover.
Large handmade Moroccan ceremonial brass vessel for covering wedding presents, hand-forged in Fez.
Perfect as center piece for food cove...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Oil Painting Still Life on Burlap, in the Fresco Style
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Oil painting on burlap with a striking composition of a Chinese porcelain bowl. Executed in an ancient fresco style, combining modern simplicity with age old rustic texture and techn...
Category
20th Century American Moorish Wall Decorations
Set of Beautiful Litographic Postcards from North Africa by Lehnert
Landrock
Located in Mexico, DF
A beautiful Set of 20 Postcards with original photos of Arab cultures of North Africa created and commercialized by Lehnert & Landrock and signed "Editeurs L&L". This was a photographic studio run by Rudolf Franz Lehnert (Germany 1878-1948) and Ernst Heinrich Landrock (Bohemia 1878-1966) active in Tunisia and Egypt in the early 20th century, noted for producing Orientalist images of North African people...
Category
Early 20th Century Tunisian Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$1,920 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Plaster Relief Model of the Alhambra by Rafael Contreras
Located in London, GB
19th century plaster relief model of the Alhambra by Rafael Contreras
Spanish, Late 19th Century
Height 70cm, width 45cm, depth 7cm
This exceptional plaster relief model captures the architectural splendour of the Alhambra and was crafted by the esteemed Spanish architect and artists, Rafael Contreras (1826–1890). As the official architect of the Alhambra from 1847, Contreras played a key role in restoring the historic palace. Alongside his architectural work, he meticulously produced plaster replicas of the facades he was refurbishing.
The model in Mayfair Gallery’s collection showcases a beautifully detailed façade from the Alhambra in Granada. This relief, cast from a mould, highlights an elaborate arched entryway. A finely sculpted polychrome tile mosaic dado surrounds the base, while the arch itself is framed by an exquisite combination of epigraphic, geometric, and foliate ornamentation. Above, three arched windows feature delicate pierced tracery, further enhanced by intricate carved embellishments. A notable feature of this model is the richly decorated entrance inset.
Adding to its historical significance, the panel bears the signature ‘Modelos de la Alhambra por Contreras’ in the lower right corner. It is housed in an elegant glazed wooden frame, complementing its refined craftsmanship. The reverse retains a fragment of the original paper label, a hallmark of Contreras’ models, which likely detailed the subject matter for travellers. Additionally, a later stamp from a picture restorer is visible.
A superb example of architectural artistry, this antique plaster relief...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Plaster, Wood, Paint
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Panel / Orientalist Pyrography: Arab Horseriders Hunting with Falcons and Dogs
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Panel / Orientalist Pyrography: Arab Horseriders Hunting with Falcons and Greyhounds, France Circa 1900
This beautiful example of pyrography, enhanced with paint and tints, depicts ...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
0.81 x 0.81
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Moroccan Wall Brackets
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage pair of Moroccan wall brackets crafted in brass and metal in moorish form featuring open fretwork medallions set in hand hammered perforated panels.
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal, Brass
$2,950 / set
Orientalist Watercolor of Young African Boy
Located in Montreal, QC
Orientalist watercolor of an Arab boy on an oriental rug. Inscribed in the back the former owner of the painting:
W. de Keller 1 rue Goethe Par...
Category
1860s French Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Orientalist Engraving after Horace Vernet, Empire Period
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Orientalist engraving after Horace Vernet, wood frame, Empire period
Orientalist engraving depicting Rebecca at the Fountain giving a drink to...
Category
Early 20th Century French Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
The Land and People of Morocco by William Spencer, 1973
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
The land and people of Morocco (Portraits of the nations series) Hardcover –
January 1, 1973
by William Spencer (Author)
Introduces the land, histo...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Graphic Old Moroccan Rug AIT OAGHARDA
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
My carpets are not affected by fashions. Enjoy one genuine product, made to keep You company and be part of Your home. This one is like the sun and the moon, according to the hours o...
Category
1950s Moroccan Vintage Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
Located in Madrid, ES
Amazing and Rare 16th Century Panel Moorish composition
28cm x 28cm
good condition
Category
16th Century Saudi Arabian Antique Moorish Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
Moorish wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Moorish wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, more furniture and collectibles, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with metal, paper and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Moorish wall decorations made in a specific country, there are Africa, North Africa, and Maghreb pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Berber Tribes of Morocco, antique textiles galleries, Carle Vernet (Antoine Charles Horace Vernet), and Guillaume Azoulay. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $30 and tops out at $50,080 while the average work can sell for $1,017.
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