Carving Crafts Dealers in Lodhi Colony, Delhi

This extremely intricate work finds its origins in the ivory carvers of old. They had to reinvent themselves to sandalwood carving when the ivory trade was banned. Then further look for a material to suit their craft when sandalwood came under a similar ban. The use of fine chisels hammered lightly into exotic soft woods like ebony, kadam and rosewood creates beautiful mughal jaali like patterns in miniature.