Making wooden handicrafts was common in Hamadan city from a long time ago. Wooden handicrafts such as ternary and fretwork are so common in this province.
Fretwork means woodcarving. Woodcarving was common in Iran from many years ago. The oldest door which has fretwork is preserving in Akbar Abad museum of India.
There are several doors in Iranian museums which belong to the fourth and fifth centuries. Woods of these doors are carved in the shapes of branch, leaf and Quran inscriptions.
