A Pair of mother-of-pearl and ivory inlaid octagonal coffee tables, Damascus, Syria, 19th Century

of octagonal form, standing on eight legs, the surface decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay in a pattern of interlacing geometry, bordered by a band of inlaid ivory and ebony with ivory cartouches and hexagons, the sides decorated with panels of similar design and arches surmounted by eight-pointed stars in mother-of-pearl, ivory and ebony

In excellent overall condition, one of the facets on the rim of one of the tables has been broken and restored, as viewed.
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inscriptions

Top of the table:

Allah, Muhammad and the names of the rightly-guided Caliphs:

Abu Bakr, Omar, Uthman and 'Ali