E. Indian. Also 9 kuft. [See next.] attrib. in koft-work = next.
1880. Birdwood, Ind. 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.
