Provenance: Sir Richard Ashton Beaumont (1912-2009) Knight, Diplomat and Arabist; by descent.
Dimensions: 46cm wide x 46cm high x 25cm deep
Each is decorated with a vibrant design of floral arabesques called 'Tawrīq' using natural pigments. The brackets are of the same basic architectural design with pierced repeated galleries over a concave panel. Decoration all original.
See Victoria & Albert Museum (917-1869) collection for a mid-19th century shelf with similar decoration that had been purchased at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O107861/shelf/
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