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Walking stick

Title	Walking stick
Publication Date:	1870
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Woodwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 75cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	865-1889
Record ID	865-1889
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 pearwood
Fiziksel açıklama	The shaft is cylindrical in form and fashioned from a single piece of varnished pearwood with a curved handle, carved with registers of floral motifs, birds, and vertical panels of black painted Persian calligraphy. The curved upper portion is carved with bids, foxes and a lion terminating in a bird (duck) with a splayed open mouth and red beads inserted into its eyes.

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Walking stick

Publication Date 1870

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Woodwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 75cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 865-1889

Record ID 865-1889

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 pearwood

Fiziksel açıklama The shaft is cylindrical in form and fashioned from a single piece of varnished pearwood with a curved handle, carved with registers of floral motifs, birds, and vertical panels of black painted Persian calligraphy. The curved upper portion is carved with bids, foxes and a lion terminating in a bird (duck) with a splayed open mouth and red beads inserted into its eyes.