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Crutch

Title	Crutch
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Woodwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 48cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	859-1889
Record ID	859-1889
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
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, carved with bands of flowers and birds arranged diagonally around the shaft. The top of the crutch is carved into a semi-hemispheric shape with a single paisley flower on either end, all carved with delicate flowers enclosed within a chevron pattern.

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Crutch

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Woodwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 48cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 859-1889

Record ID 859-1889

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

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, carved with bands of flowers and birds arranged diagonally around the shaft. The top of the crutch is carved into a semi-hemispheric shape with a single paisley flower on either end, all carved with delicate flowers enclosed within a chevron pattern.