Burmese "koftgari" question

Mark · 12th March 2007, 05:37 PM

Fraser-Lu mentions it, but does not give it a name. She calls it "inlay" (see pp. 148-49 & figs. 142 and 143). She essentially quotes a passage of Bell, "Iron and Steel Work in Burma" (1907), which is the only reference I have found, other than Lu, that discusses it.

Nick - overlay is a good word for it (why didn't I think of that?

). It is not exactly inlaid, because it is not forced into inscribed patterns, but rather applied to a broader roughened area on the metal surface.

12th March 2007, 05:37 PM	#5
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	Fraser-Lu mentions it, but does not give it a name. She calls it "inlay" (see pp. 148-49 & figs. 142 and 143). She essentially quotes a passage of Bell, "Iron and Steel Work in Burma" (1907), which is the only reference I have found, other than Lu, that discusses it. Nick - overlay is a good word for it (why didn't I think of that? ). It is not exactly inlaid, because it is not forced into inscribed patterns, but rather applied to a broader roughened area on the metal surface.