# Makrana Marble Rehal Book Rest with Stone Inlay, 13in

> A solid X-form marble book rest with a parchin kari inlay border, holding an open book at reading angle.

**Source:** https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/products/makrana-white-marble-rehal-book-rest-inlay-13in
**Business:** Tilak Mandirwala — made-to-order marble temples (mandirs), statues and decorative handicrafts. Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Founded 2006.
**How it works:** Each piece is carved to order by the independent master sculptors TMW works with in Jaipur's Khajane Walon Ka Rasta sculptors' market. TMW designs the piece with the customer, briefs the sculptor, and follows it through to delivery and installation.
**Pricing:** request-for-quote — pieces are custom, so the site carries no list prices.
**Ships:** across India; export enquiries welcome.
**About the image:** a design visualisation, not a photograph of stock on hand. The piece is carved to order after the design is agreed.
**Availability:** made to order.

## The folding stand, made solid

A rehal is the X-shaped folding stand used across India to hold an open book at a comfortable reading angle. This one does not fold. It is carved from a single 13-inch piece of Makrana white marble, the two crossed supports rising and splaying from one block, which turns a piece of functional joinery into a single solid object with real weight to it.

## Parchin kari on the outer faces

A slim border of coloured semi-precious stone runs along the outer faces: carnelian, lapis and malachite cut to shape and set flush into channels chiselled in the marble, in a fine geometric vine. This is parchin kari, the Agra and Jaipur inlay tradition, and it is inlay in the true sense: each piece of stone is shaped to its own seat, not painted or transferred. Run a finger across it and the surface is continuous.

## Where it sits

A coffee table, a study desk, a console. Design and photography books are what it is scaled for, and an open book on a rest is a far better use of a low table than the same book closed in a stack. Left empty it stands as an object in its own right. Felt pads underneath protect the surface below.

## Making yours

Size, inlay palette and pattern are open, and the border can be dropped entirely for a plain version that reads more modern. It is carved for you by the master sculptors we work with in Jaipur, with the inlay set after the form is finished and polished back flush as the last operation. Allow four to eight weeks, at the longer end for a dense inlay pattern.

## Specifications

- **Material:** Makrana White Marble
- **Finish:** Soft polish
- **Colour:** Natural White
- **Ideal for:** Coffee table and study desk, Book and art display, Housewarming gifting

Stone, size and finish are all changeable — these are the specifications of the piece as shown.

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## Part of

- [Handicrafts](https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/collections/custom-marble-handicraft-items)

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## Contact Tilak Mandirwala

- Email: info@tilakmandirwala.com
- Phone: +91 92141 72150
- WhatsApp: https://wa.me/919766532408
- Enquiry form: https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/contact
- Store: Jaipur, Rajasthan, India — https://www.tilakmandirwala.com/best-mandir-shop-jaipur

Enquiries are quoted per piece: share the deity or object, an approximate height, and the stone you have in mind.