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A Typological Study of Metal Lampstands from the Timurid and Safavid Periods in Iran
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Parisa Taherkhani   , Tahir Rizazadeh * , Elham Etemadi |
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This article aims to classify the metal lampstands produced in Iran during the Islamic period. lampstands from the Timurid era, and subsequently the relatively similar examples from the Safavid period, are among the most prominent lighting designs of the later Islamic period. Although some researchers believe that the “torches” or Safavid lampstands originate from Indian metalwork designs and are considered a completely new innovation in Iranian metalwork, this study seeks to demonstrate that the innovative form of lampstands from this period can easily be seen as a continuation of the Timurid lampstand forms, providing a coherent and continuous interpretation of the development process of lampstand designs in the later Islamic period in Iran. To this end, this article intends to study the most significant transformations and changes in the design of lampstands from the Timurid and Safavid periods, identify and trace the path these objects have taken, and examine the most prominent types of metal lampstands produced in Islamic Iran. For this research, a descriptive-analytical method was used, and a significant amount of the required information was gathered through library research. In this study, the most important designs of lampstands from the later Islamic period were identified and categorized into three groups: 1) Lampstands with spherical reservoirs; 2) Lampstands with cylindrical reservoirs, accompanied by conical and intricately crafted bases; and 3) Columnar lampstands or torches. At the end of this study, it is revealed that the design of lampstands from the later Islamic period was often based on a spherical or cylindrical reservoir, initially placed on a roughly conical base during the Timurid period, and later, during the Safavid period, mounted on wide cylindrical rods.
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| Keywords: Lampstand, Torch, Later Islamic Period, Timurid Metalwork, Safavid Metalwork |
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