Regal Brass Cutwork Plate Holder
The pierced screens of old Mughal buildings — stone cut so fine the light fell through in patterns — found their way, over centuries, into the brass of subcontinental homes. This caddy carries that work to the table: walls cut clean through in leaf and vine, a crowned rim, an...
The Craft
Hand-Hammering
Raised from a flat sheet under thousands of hammer blows, the dimpled surface a record of the making.
Cutwork
Openwork lace pierced clean through the metal by hand with a fine needle.
Used in this pieceEngraving / Qalamzani
Cut into the metal line by line with a fine steel chisel, the qalam.
Naqsheen
Floral and geometric patterns chased into the surface freehand by the naqash.
Used in this pieceSand Casting
Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.
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Gold, Silver |
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