IRAN ART EXHIBITION: A KHATAM BACKGAMMON & CHESS BOARD FOR YOUR BREAK-TIME
This design contains an interior board game and external Backgammon & Chess Board that is adorned entirely and known as well-known Shirazian marqueterie. The luxurious and adorned items of the Backgammon & Chess Board like its body are fabricated from beech wood.
Golden and olivaceous color of the background of the Backgammon & Chess Board may be matched with a classical article of furniture as a stable component of lounge decoration.
KHATAM 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. Common materials used in the construction of inlaid Backgammon & Chess Board are gold, silver, brass, aluminum and twisted wire.
PROCESS
Designing of inlaid articles is a highly elaborate process. There are sometimes more than 400 pieces per square inch in a work of average quality. In each cubic centimeter of inlaid work, up to approximately 250 pieces of metal, bone, ivory and different kinds of wood are laid side by side, glued together in stages, smoothed, oiled and polished.
In the manufacture of a board, it takes about a month. That’s why Iran Backgammon & Chess Board appreciated around the world!
Also, you’ll be able to use this design as a gift to your loved, family or friends.
IRAN ART EXHIBITION: Persian Marquetry Khatam Kari Chess and Backgammon Board, contains chess game pieces. All you want to have for ancient game in ancient art! The price is so much reasonable for the craft. Handmade parts are less than other samples so the price is less. If you pay attention to the presentation of your valuable gifts to your friends, try this handcraft! Persian Marquetry Chess and Backgammon Board, is one of the most prestigious crafts. You may have these arts in your daily life to absorb the energy of the arts in your house or your gifts.
Other materials used in making khatam are camel bone, brass, twisted wires and in some real seashell. When the box opened it reveals a chess board on the outer surface and a backgammon board on the inner surface. The inside and outside box varnished to a three layer of high gloss finishing for protection against moisture and pale.
