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Great vintage cedar wood chest or -sunduk- from Morocco. Features high use patina giving it a marked personality.

Great vintage cedar wood chest or -sunduk- from Morocco. Features high use patina giving it a marked personality.

Great vintage tuya wood chest or -sunduk- from Morocco. Features  some decoration showing intertwined circles which if very characteristic from the Siroua Berber people and nice patina giving it a marked personality.

An original old cedarwood chest from Rabat in Morocco. Lovely original paint and great distressed patina.This kind of pieces of furniture or -sunduk- was used by the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery.

Great vintage cedar wood chest or -sunduk- from Morocco. Features high use patina giving it a marked personality.

Great vintage cedar wood chest or -sunduk- from Morocco. Features high use patina giving it a marked personality.

An old carved cedarwood chest from Morocco. Its carved decoration shows a serie of arches that represent the mihrab of mosques.These pieces of furniture or -sunduk- were used to keep valuables belongings such as jewellery, glass, cosmetics, etc.

Great cedarwood chest from Morocco. Its shows a wonderful painted decoration showing vegetal and flower motifs very characteristic from that region. However not all its panels are painted as it was common to decorate only those parts exposed.

A superb old wooden footed chest from the Siroua region in Southerneast Morocco. Its shows a rich and nice painted decoration showing intertwined circles which if very characteristic from the Berber group of the Aït Ouaouzguite. This kind of pieces of furniture or -sunduk- was used by the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery. Not to be missed. Beautiful patina.

Great vintage cedar wood chest or -sunduk- from Morocco. Features high use patina giving it a marked personality.

Great vintage cedar wood chest or -sunduk- from Morocco. Features high use patina giving it a marked personality.

A nice and old berber decorated wood box traditionally used to store the rock sugar used to prepare the famous morocan tea. Superb patina.

Old small wood chest from Morocco. So worn by use and superb patina.

An old and fabulous cedarwood box traditionally used for store the tea glasses, which are used to drink the famous moroccan tea. So worn by use and superb patina.

A small vintage cedar wood chest or -sunduk- from Morocco. Features high use patina and original reused metal finials giving it a marked personality.

An old carved cedarwood chest from Tahzout in the region of Al Hoceïma on the Moroccan Mediterranean coast. Its carved decoration shows a serie of arches that represent the mihrab of mosques and also, according to many scholars, are a representation of the ancient Carthaginean goddess Tanit.These pieces of furniture or -sunduk- were used to keep valuables belongings such as jewellery, glass, cosmetics, etc.

An old carved cedarwood chest from Tahzout in the region of Al Hoceïma on the Moroccan Mediterranean coast. Its carved decoration shows a serie of arches that represent the mihrab of mosques and also, according to many scholars, are a representation of the ancient Carthaginean goddess Tanit.These pieces of furniture or -sunduk- were used to keep valuables belongings such as jewellery, glass, cosmetics, etc.

A supern cedarwood chest from the Rif region in Northern Morocco. Its shows a wonderful natural dyes painted decoration showing a row of arches reminding the mihrab of mosques, vegetal and flower motifs very characteristic from that region. It also has a small inner lidded compartment.However not all its panels are painted as it was common to decorate only those parts exposed.These pieces of furniture or -sunduk- were also named wedding chests as they were presented to the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery. A piece that has become harder to find. A true gem. First half of XXth century.

An old carved cedarwood chest from Tahzout in the region of Al Hoceïma on the Moroccan Mediterranean coast. Its carved decoration shows a serie of arches that represent the mihrab of mosques and also, according to many scholars, are a representation of the ancient Carthaginean goddess Tanit.These pieces of furniture or -sunduk- were used to keep valuables belongings such as jewellery, glass, cosmetics, etc.

A very original cedar wood -sunduk- or chest from the Morrocan Middle Atlas range. Its shows arches which recall to the ones in the neighbouring region of Tahzout, features a basic but colourful painted decoration very characteristic of the Atlas mountains Berbers. This kind of pieces of furniture is used by the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery. Mid-XXth century.

A simple yet charming old cedarwood chest from Rabat in Morocco. Lovely original paint and great distressed patina.This kind of pieces of furniture or -sunduk- was used by the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery.

An old carved cedarwood chest from Tahzout in the region of Al Hoceïma on the Moroccan Mediterranean coast.These pieces of furniture or -sunduk- were used to keep valuables belongings such as jewellery, glass, cosmetics, etc.

An old carved cedarwood chest from Tahzout in the region of Al Hoceïma on the Moroccan Mediterranean coast. Its carved decoration shows a serie of arches that represent the mihrab of mosques and also, according to many scholars, are a representation of the ancient Carthaginean goddess Tanit.These pieces of furniture or -sunduk- were used to keep valuables belongings such as jewellery, glass, cosmetics, etc.

A superb old wooden footed chest from the Siroua region in Southerneast Morocco. Its shows a rich and nice painted decoration showing intertwined circles which if very characteristic from the Berber group of the Aït Ouaouzguite. This kind of pieces of furniture or -sunduk- was used by the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery. Not to be missed. Beautiful patina.

A superb old -sunduk-, sunduq-, travel or -camel- chest from Mauritania. Made of wood it features rusty iron fittings that make it atractive like an old piece. With key. It has small round handles to make it easier to carry and to secure it with straps to the mount. Rare to find nowadays.  

A superb old -sunduk-, sunduq-, travel or -camel- chest from Mauritania. Made of wood it features beautiful intricate copper fittings that make it very atractive. With key. It has small round handles to make it easier to carry and to secure it with straps to the mount. Beautiful examples of this quality have become extremely rare to find nowadays.  

A superb old wooden footed chest from the Siroua region in Southerneast Morocco. Its shows a rich and nice painted decoration showing intertwined circles which if very characteristic from the Berber group of the Aït Ouaouzguite. This kind of pieces of furniture or -sunduk- was used by the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery. Not to be missed. Beautiful patina.

A superb old wooden footed chest from the Siroua region in Southerneast Morocco. Its shows a rich and nice painted decoration showing intertwined circles which if very characteristic from the Berber group of the Aït Ouaouzguite. This kind of pieces of furniture or -sunduk- was used by the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery. Not to be missed. Beautiful patina.

A simple yet charming old cedarwood chest from Rabat in Morocco. Lovely original paint and great distressed patina.This kind of pieces of furniture or -sunduk- was used by the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery.

A lovely wooden vintage chest from Taghzoute in the Moroccan province of Ouarzazate. Attractive original light blue paint. Great distressed patina. This kind of pieces of furniture or -sunduk- was used by the bride to keep her trousseau and other personal belongings such as jewellery.

An old carved wood chest from Tahzout in the region of Al Hoceïma on the Moroccan Mediterranean coast. Its carved decoration shows a serie of arches that represent the mihrab of mosques and also, according to many scholars, are a representation of the ancient Carthaginian goddess Tanit, as well as geometrical typical Berber polychrome ornamentation. However not all its panels are decorated as it was common to decorate only those parts exposed. These pieces of furniture or -sunduk- were used to keep valuables belongings such as jewellery, glass, cosmetics, etc. 

Small size. It presents some minor reparation.

A superb old -sunduk-, sunduq-, travel or -camel- chest from Mauritania. Made of wood it features beautiful intricate copper fittings that make it very atractive. With key. It has small round handles to make it easier to carry and to secure it with straps to the mount. Beautiful examples of this quality have become extremely rare to find nowadays.  

A very original vintage chest made of cedarwood -andalousi- star deco over a cargo board base.