Victorian-Style Hanging Brass Mirror Frame
$80.00
A brass mirror in the Victorian manner — the kind that hung in grandmothers' hallways, catching a last look on the way out the door. It's cast in brass in Lahore by the old hand-poured method, copied from an antique original, every curl of the frame the way it was...
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.
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Victorian-Style Hanging Brass Mirror Frame
$80.00