Sheesh Mehel Wall-hanging Mirror Frame
A silver-plated mirror frame drawn from the jharokha — the carved window that looked out from the palaces of the subcontinent, here framing your own reflection instead of a courtyard. It's made by hand in Lahore in silver-plated brass, the frame worked in the patterns of those old windows, a...
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.
Engraving / 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.
