Vintage-style brass cutwork candle lantern on a stand, made in Lahore

Vintage-style Brass Candle Lantern

$61.00

A brass lantern that belongs to slower evenings — the cutwork throwing patterned light across the wall the moment a candle's lit inside. It's made in solid brass in Lahore and stands on a slim base, about a foot tall, in gold or silver. Set it by a bedside, on...

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

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