Abstract
The white marble fretwork from 17th century Mughal architecture was investigatedto formulate the conservation and restoration strategy and for reproduction in compatible materials.Stone fretwork, one of the distinguished and established Mughal decorative art became rare after thedecline of Mughal’s in the Indian subcontinent. Samples were collected from various historic fretworksof the Jahangir Tomb, a Mughal heritage site atShahdara (Lahore). These samples were studied byoptical microscopy and X-ray diffraction for petrographic and mineralogical characterization and forunderstanding the manufacturing process/ technique. The analytical results showed that theoriginalrock was transported from quarries in the present-day Indiawere dolomitic marbles. The work provideddirectionto select appropriate marble for restoring fretwork in the Mughal buildings.
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