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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 9757529, member: 4654&quot;]Fantastic job <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> this type, where the Sadeli doesn&#039;t cover the whole box, is a great place to start as there is a lot of wood holding the pieces in place. When the whole box is covered it then gets a little more tricky, 1) because they are often earlier in date and 2) because time isn&#039;t kind to sadeli, the glue fails between the wood and the micro mosaics and it&#039;s only the glue between each micro mosaics holding it on, if you start sanding sometimes you can find large chunks falling off. But I will say once restored these boxes are just fantastic works of art, soon you will be restoring missing micro mosaics, yes it is possible. When I was younger and my hands were less shaky and my eyes were better I used to restore the micro mosaics on Sadeli, sometimes gluing in each piece but far more often being able to remove strips of the pattern off a donor box and gluing them in. Just a few days ago I bought a ruined Khatam early 19th c box only because the micro mosaics are a exact match for my large Khatam fall front cabinet, (I don&#039;t know if you know but Khatam is where Sadeli came from, it went from Persia to India, some of the early Khatam is just amazing but SO expensive. Here is a link to my Khatam post <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/late-18th-early-19th-century-khatam-kari-what-to-look-for-and-why.53658/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/late-18th-early-19th-century-khatam-kari-what-to-look-for-and-why.53658/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/late-18th-early-19th-century-khatam-kari-what-to-look-for-and-why.53658/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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