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Persian Steel: The Tanavoli Collection (Oxford Studies in Islamic Art)
Persian Steel The Tanavoli Collection - Oxford Studies in Islamic Art Author:James Allan, Brian Gilmour This book looks at iron- and steel-working in Iran, from pre-Islamic times to the present day. The authors unify art-historical and scientific aspects of steel-making and provide a wide-ranging survey of the development of the technologies and trades involved. Nearly 400 objects are cataloged and illustrated, and over 70 are subjected to metallu... more »rgical analysis.« less