Vernacular Furniture
of India
collection

Discover the repository of furniture

Through the fieldwork for this project, the team travelled around 62032 kilometres across the north-western region of India, and have met around 4196 people on the field who have let us into their homes and helped us identify the various furniture types. A total of 7886 furniture pieces from the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana were recorded during the field visits. This section is a collection of all these recorded vernacular furniture items, each accompanied by details, such as location, materials and craft techniques used, and a brief description about the piece.

429

places
visited

5956

furniture
mapped

167

types
identified

83

crafts
documented

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Pidha

Pidha | Low chair

Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, Haryana

Hichko

Hichko | Swing

Devpar, Kutch, Gujarat

Pidha

Pidha | Low chair

Khurshedpur, Ludhiana, Punjab

Takhat

Takhat | Bench

Dungarpur, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

Takhat

Takhat | Bench

Dungarpur, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

Hichko

Hichko | Swing

Nadiad, Kheda, Gujarat

Pidha

Pidha | Low chair

Ludhiana, Ludhiana, Punjab

Pidha

Pidha | Low chair

Rohtak, Rohtak, Haryana

Pidha

Pidha | Low chair

Rohtak, Rohtak, Haryana

Takhat

Takhat | Bench

Dungarpur, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

Pidha

Pidha | Low chair

Ludhiana, Ludhiana, Punjab

Paata

Paata | Low seat

Bassai, Mahendragarh, Haryana