koftn.
East India.
Chiefly attributive in koft-work = koftgari n.
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damasking1591
damask-work1598
damaskeening1676
watering1841
Damascene1844
damascening1860
koftgari1874
koft-work1874
damascene work1883
1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Ind. Art S. Kens. Mus. 149 Sword Hilt. Iron, damascened with gold... A very good piece of kuft work.
1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Ind. Art S. Kens. Mus. App. 322 Closely foliated damascening in gold kuft.
1874 H. H. Cole Catal. Ind. Art S. Kens. Mus. 324 Kuft damascening.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 81/2 Damaskeening..in..India..being known..as Kuft work or Kuftgari.
1880 G. C. M. Birdwood Indian Arts 163 One of the finest examples of the kuft work of the Panjab.
1883 J. L. Kipling in Harper's Mag. June 62/2 Modern damascening, or koft~work, is apt to degenerate into..meaningless ornament.
1883 Daily News 3 July 2/2 This..can be well studied in the ‘Koft’, or steelware inlaid with silver and gold.
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