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  2. Khatam - Wikipedia

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    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. Khatam-kari (خاتم‌کاری) [1] or khatam-bandi (خاتم‌بندی) refers to ...

  3. Wooden box - Wikipedia

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    Wooden box. Wooden box with full cleated ends (Style 2) Man with wooden box or chest, 1625. A wooden box is a container made of wood for storage or as a shipping container. Construction may include several types of wood; lumber (timber), plywood, engineered woods, etc. For some purposes, decorative woods are used.

  4. Iranian handicrafts - Wikipedia

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    Kilims, flat woven rug or tapestry [4] Zili [fa], type of Kilim. Soumak, flat woven rug, bedding, or tapestry; a stronger and thicker weave than a Kilim. The Ardabil carpet. weaving a carpet in a caravansari in Meybod. gabbeh carpet. Baluch carpet, mid–19th century. Soumak rug.

  5. Persian art - Wikipedia

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    Persian art or Iranian art (Persian: هنر ایرانی, romanized: Honar-è Irâni) has one of the richest art heritages in world history and has been strong in many media including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and sculpture. At different times, influences from the art of neighbouring civilizations have ...

  6. Arts of Iran - Wikipedia

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    Median man in Persepolis Persian realist Gouache painting of the Qajar dynasty and soldiers in 1850-1851. The arts of Iran are one of the richest art heritages in world history and encompasses many traditional disciplines including architecture, painting, literature, music, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and stonemasonry.

  7. Persian Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Persian Wikipedia (Persian: ویکی‌پدیای فارسی, romanized: Wīkipediāī Fārsī) is the Persian language version of Wikipedia. The Persian version of Wikipedia was started in December 2003. As of October 2024, it has 1,015,979 articles, 1,343,599 registered users, and 93,280 files, and it is the 19th largest edition of Wikipedia ...

  8. Henry Box Brown - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 November 2024. American slave, later abolitionist speaker and showman Henry Box Brown The Narrative of Henry Box Brown (1849) Born Henry Brown c. 1815 Louisa County, Virginia, US Died (1897-06-15) June 15, 1897 (aged 81–82) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Burial place Toronto Necropolis, Ontario, Canada ...

  9. Yakhchāl - Wikipedia

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    Yakhchāl. A yakhchāl (Persian: یخچال "ice pit"; yakh meaning "ice" and chāl meaning "pit") is an ancient type of ice house, which also made ice. They are primarily found in the Dasht-e Lut and Dasht-e-Kavir deserts, whose climates range from cold (BWk) to hot (BWh) desert regions. In present-day Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, the ...