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This mirror and hanging shelf are typical of Hoshiarpur work, which is characterised by dense ivory inlay in foliate designs, with borders of alternating ivory and ebony (or ebonised wood).","physicalDescription":"Both pieces of shisham, partly carved and inlaid with wood, ebonized wood and ivory, in designs of scrolling vines and leaves.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Shisham wood","id":"x35060"},{"text":"ebonized wood","id":"x30292"},{"text":"ivory","id":"AAT11857"}],"techniques":[{"text":"Carving","id":"AAT53149"},{"text":"Inlay","id":"AAT53850"},{"text":"","id":""}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Shisham wood, partly carved and inlaid with wood, ebonized wood and ivory\r\n\r\nShisham wood is from the deciduous tree of the the sub-Himalayan tract.  It is a durable wood, which does not warp or split and is one of the most esteemed woods used for furniture making in the north of India along with deodar (Himalayan cedar).  While Rosewood and sal are more commonly found furniture and wares of the south, inlaid and wood carving from Saharanpur, Farakhabad, Lucknow, Chiniot, Hoshiapur and Jallandar would be based on shisham wood.","categories":[{"text":"Furniture","id":"THES48948"},{"text":"Woodwork","id":"THES48877"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2006AN0397","2017KD8304"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES372500"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Bracket with mirror","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Hoshiarpur","id":"x32588"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1881-1882","earliest":"1881-01-01","latest":"1882-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"18","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"height of shelf","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"74","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"width of shelf","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"10","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"depth of shelf","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"68","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"height of mirror frame","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"74","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"width of mirror frame","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"3","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"depth mirror frame","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The mirror and hanging shelf were acquired in 1881-2 by Caspar Purdon Clarke.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Mirror frame and hanging shelf, made in Hoshiarpur, c.1881-2.  Made from caved shisham wood inlaid with ivory and ebonized wood.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jaffer, Amin <font u>Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum</font u>. London : V&A Publications, 2001. 416 p., ill. 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