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Qur'an stand

Title	Qur'an stand
Publication Date:	1860
Publication Place	Iran -
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 47cm (Note: When stand is closed), Width: 17cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	880-1889
Record ID	880-1889
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1860
Notes	The fine openwork patterning on this Quran stand can be found on a variety of Iranian wood objects, including spoons, the handles of dervish bowls, and boxes. 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 stand would have been made from a variety of carving techniques and 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; pierced; painted; lacquered
Fiziksel açıklama	Qur'an stand composed of two leaves hinged together, each rectangular above and shaped below into a foliated arch, decorated on both leaves with pierced geometric ornamentation surrounded along the edges a painted border of gold floral sprays against a lacquered black background.

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Qur'an stand

Publication Date 1860

Publication Place Iran -

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 47cm (Note: When stand is closed), Width: 17cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 880-1889

Record ID 880-1889

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1860

Notes The fine openwork patterning on this Quran stand can be found on a variety of Iranian wood objects, including spoons, the handles of dervish bowls, and boxes. 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 stand would have been made from a variety of carving techniques and 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; pierced; painted; lacquered

Fiziksel açıklama Qur'an stand composed of two leaves hinged together, each rectangular above and shaped below into a foliated arch, decorated on both leaves with pierced geometric ornamentation surrounded along the edges a painted border of gold floral sprays against a lacquered black background.