Pair of brass tulip candle holders, made in Lahore

Tulip Brass Candleholders Pair

$85.00

Cut tulips last a week in water, if that. These keep — and hold a candle besides. A pair of brass tulips, cast and finished by hand in brass in Lahore, each shaped in full with its stem to cup a candle the way the flower cups the light. Stand...

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.

Sand Casting

Molten brass poured into a sand mould packed by hand, then broken open to free the piece.

Used in this piece
SKU: AFL149