Filigree Brass Cutwork Plate Holder
$215.00
The same pierced brasswork — jali — that screened the windows of old havelis, brought to the scale of the table. A round caddy cut all over in fine filigree, edged in a fretwork crown. It's handmade in brass in Lahore by families who have cut this lacework for generations,...
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.