Publication Date
1870
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Woodwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 58.5 cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
857-1889
Record ID
857-1889
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1870
Notes
Major R. Murdoch Smith discusses the Iranian town of Abadeh (between Isfahan and Shiraz) as being the main centre of Persian wood carving during the period of 1800-1900. This town was famous for its elaborately carved spoons (qashuq) and small boxes, all made of either pear or lime wood, and carved with a common pocket-knife.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Carved and painted pearwood
Fiziksel açıklama
The shaft is cylindrical in form and fashioned from a single piece of painted and varnished pearwood, with deeply carved lines arranged diagonally around the shaft. The top of the crutch is carved into a âvâ shape with a single paisley flower on either side carved in open work patterning, with stylised birds beneath painted with red and green.
