{"product_id":"bukhara-bench","title":"Bukhara Bench","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur Bukhara Bench is the product of a journey, three squat chairs, a conversation with an eccentric collector in Old Riyadh, and years and years of a collective cultural fixation with Transoxionia, otherwise known as Ma Waraa Alnahr, or \"the Land Beyond the River (Oxus)\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs essential to the alleyways of Old Riyadh as the Gold and Perfume shops that flank him, the collector himself shares our fixation. \"Neither East nor West,\" he told us. \"Not a single city comes close to symbolizing the caravans of the Silk Road quite like Bukhara.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort of wrapping them into one wooden encasement, like a bundle of gifts from Bukhara to Najd, and transforming them to a caravan serai-esque bench, the three squat chairs and the myriad tin etchings that adorn them remain untouched in the over eighty years that the collector estimates they have existed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sands of the Oxus, toilsome though they be, \u003cbr\u003eBeneath my feet were soft as silk to me.\u003cbr\u003eLong live Bukhara! Be thou of good cheer!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Rudaki, circa 930 A.D, Samanid Bukhara.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eWidth: 230 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDepth: 43 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSeat Height: 45 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBack Height: 90 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e⁠⁠Please note: Because of its size and the care required in preparing it for travel, this item will be shipped independently of our standard fulfillment center. Please allow extra time (5- 10 working days) for processing. ⁠\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chouqduff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719885590595,"sku":null,"price":3800.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0653\/6400\/0835\/files\/CopyofDSC07416.jpg?v=1763384941","url":"https:\/\/chouqduff.com\/products\/bukhara-bench","provider":"Chouqduff","version":"1.0","type":"link"}