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An elaborate diamond and emerald Aigrette, set in silver.Part of the Iranian Crown Jewels. The Iranian National Jewels (Persian: جواهرات ملی ایران, Javāherāt-e Melli-ye Irān), originally the Iranian Crown Jewels (Persian: جواهرات سلطنتی ایران, Javāherāt-e Saltanati-ye Irān), include elaborate crowns, thirty tiaras, and numerous aigrettes, a dozen ...
Detail of an Iranian jewel box decorated by khatam. Khātam (Persian: خاتم) is an ancient Persian technique of inlaying.It is a version of marquetry where art forms are made by decorating the surface of wooden articles with delicate pieces of wood, bone and metal precisely-cut intricate geometric patterns.
The frame of the crown is made of gold, silver and red velvet. It has a maximum height of 29.8 cm, a width of 19.8 cm and weighs nearly 2,080 grams. A staggering 3,380 diamonds, totaling 1,144 carats (228.8 g), are set into the object.
Iran (formally Persia) possesses an extraordinary treasure of royal jewelry, including a copious amount of mother-of-pearl from the Persian Gulf.The Iranian crown jewels are among the largest, most dazzling and valuable jewel collection in the world.
Bahār-e Āzādī (Persian: بهار آزادی, lit."[The] Spring of Freedom"), also known as "Imami", is an Iranian bullion gold coin minted by the Security Printing and Minting Organization of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran (CBI), replacing the Pahlavi Coin after the Iranian Revolution.
The Treasury of National Jewels (Persian: موزه جواهرات ملی) is a museum in Iran. It reopened to public in 1992 after years of being removed from view. [2] Affiliated with the Central Bank of Iran, it stores and exhibits the Iranian National Jewels as their legal custodian. [3]
Zardozi, metal embroidery thread work made of silver or gold. [6] Balochi needlework; Brocade, shuttle-woven fabrics often made in colored silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads. Felt, a traditional weaving, common to the Kermanshah province [7] Ghelimche , a traditional machine woven fabric
The embroidery featuring metal tinsel in tulle (Persian: naghdeh-duzi) is a common technique of the Jews of Iran. [3] Sermeh embroidery (Persian: sermeh-duzi) is an Iranian ancient-style of embroidery with origins that date back to the Achaemenid dynasty (705–330 B.C.E.), and features gold and/or silver embroidery. [5]