Most of the tourists believe that a marquetry inlaid jewelry box or a finely decorated Mashrabeya screen would be a valuable lifetime souvenir , so most of them prefer buying such patterns from
Egypt
. One should pay attention of the quality of the wood and the way of arranging the wooden pieces together because it affects greatly on the price of the piece itself .
El Ghuri
,
Mohamed Ali
Street , and El Dar El Ahmar are famous for trading in these wooden works in addition to baskets , jewelry , alabaster statues and brass and copper handmade works in good prices and high quality .
Marquetry handmade works
Marquetry is one of the ancient crafts in Egypt that is regarded now as a kind of art . The craftsmen use the small pieces of precious wood , assemble it in a certain way that only professional workmen can master , and then decorate it with highly prestigious adornments of Islamic style . Marquetry inlays are sometimes used for decorating pieces of furniture including closets , chests , cases and coffers . One can find many of these marvelous wooden works such as marquetry jewelry boxes in Khan El Khalili , El Ghuri , and Mohamed Ali Street .
Arabesque
wooden works
Among the famous Egyptian arabesque wood works come the Mashrabeya screens; finely decorated wooden works used for covering windows and balconies . It is usually made of Zan wood or Abanos wood and this makes its price very expensive , since the price of mashrabeya meter ranges between 300- 900 Egyptian pound . Tourists are usually fascinated with the marvelous talent of creating such beautiful wooden works by assembling the small dark red or black colored wooden geometric patterns together .
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