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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Pustak Ghodi

Pustak Ghodi | Book stand

Surat, Surat, Gujarat

Peyi

Peyi | Merchant’s desk

Udaipur, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Pakkha

Pakkha | Fan

Jandiala Guru, Amritsar, Punjab

Pustak Ghodi

Pustak Ghodi | Book stand

Surat, Surat, Gujarat

Pakkha

Pakkha | Fan

Khajurla, Jalandhar, Punjab

Pustak Ghodi

Pustak Ghodi | Book stand

Surat, Surat, Gujarat

Riyhal

Riyhal | Book stand

Dungarpur, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

Peyi

Peyi | Merchant’s desk

Nawalgarh, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan

Dhaliyu

Dhaliyu | Merchant’s desk

Dahod, Dahod, Gujarat

Rai

Rai | Churner

Panchnota, Mahendragarh, Haryana