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

Gogoani, Firozpur, Punjab

Machi

Machi | Stool

Bhad Ghed, Porbandar, Gujarat

Pidha

Pidha | Low chair

Zira, Firozpur, Punjab

Pidha

Pidha | Low chair

Khurshedpur, Ludhiana, Punjab

Pidha

Pidha | Low chair

Atari, Amritsar, Punjab

Kursi

Kursi | Chair

Zira, Firozpur, Punjab

Sangamachi

Sangamachi | Low chair

Dhoraji, Junagadh, Gujarat

Sangamachi

Sangamachi | Low chair

Reshamiya, Surendranagar, Gujarat

Sangamachi

Sangamachi | Low chair

Nageshri, Amreli, Gujarat

Takhat

Takhat | Bench

Dhoj, Faridabad, Haryana