Basım Tarihi
1860
Basım Yeri
Iran -
Konu
Woodwork
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Length: 34.2 cm, Height: 7.8 cm, Width: 8.1 cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
866:1-1889
Kayıt Numarası
866:1-1889
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
1860
Notlar
This box would have been used as a storage container for possibly either writing tools or scrolls. The fine openwork patterning can be found on a variety of Iranian wood objects, including spoons, the handles of dervish bowls, boxes, and Quran stands. Many of the wooden objects during the nineteenth century were manufactured in the large town of Abadeh, which was known for its fine wood production. This box would have been made from a variety of carving tools, the most unusual one being a file or saw, known in Persian as a marpa. The lattice work pattern would have been achieved by first drilling the pattern with a fiddle drill, before removing the remaining wood with a coarser marpa, and finally piercing the remaining wood with a very fine marpa. The process was time consuming and required both a steady and delicate hand.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Carved wood with metal screws
Parçalar
Box, Lid
Fiziksel açıklama
Long rectangular box with a sliding lid, carvined entirely with panels of pierced, open work decoration of fine stylized flowers. Fine metal screws adjoin the wooden panels at the sides of the box, along the base and edges.