{"title":"Heirloom Gifts","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeirloom pieces meant to be handed down: carved boxes, games and reliefs of $1,000 and up. Free insured shipping, packed by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"book-box","title":"Book Box — Walnut \u0026 Hornbeam (Gold-Leaf Gilt)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Box\u003c\/strong\u003e is a keepsake box, carved in the Armenian style in walnut and hornbeam by Armenian carver Edgar Hovhannisyan, in the intricate Armenian carving tradition. Lift the lid and it's as finished within as without — a home for small treasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA one-of-a-kind work — no two carvings are ever alike. 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Some parts are gilded with gold leaf. I used walnut and hornbeam. Design and patterns did by me. This work took me 102 hours. These are the natural colors of wood. The work is varnished. The box can be used as a family treasure.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Edgar Hovhannisyan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eOutside 23 × 16 × 10 cm (9\" × 6¼\" × 4\"); inside 20 × 12.5 × 7 cm, lined and hinged — sized for letters, jewelry, or keepsakes worth guarding. Watch Edgar carve it in the video at the end of the gallery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA one-of-a-kind work — no two carvings are ever alike. 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Here that lost scene is given a body again — translated out of shadow and oil into wood you can read with your fingertips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe central panel is carved in deep relief in Indian white wood by master carver D. K. Sharma, in collaboration with Georges Boujakly — every figure raised and undercut entirely by hand, never machined. It is set within a border of hand-pierced scrollwork, fretted openwork carved rather than cast or routed, so the whole reads as one object rather than art set into a frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA one-of-a-kind work; there is no second, and there will not be. Ready to hang. Dimensions, carving hours, and provenance are available on request — shipping for this piece is arranged individually; please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/commissions\"\u003econtact us\u003c\/a\u003e to discuss delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D. K. 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