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Title	Box
Publication Date:	1860
Publication Place	Iran -
Subject	Woodwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 34.2 cm, Height: 7.8 cm, Width: 8.1 cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	866:1-1889
Record ID	866:1-1889
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1860
Notes	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.

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Box

Publication Date 1860

Publication Place Iran -

Subject Woodwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 34.2 cm, Height: 7.8 cm, Width: 8.1 cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 866:1-1889

Record ID 866:1-1889

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1860

Notes 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.