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Almari (In-built cabinet)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
Almari built in the bedrooms are used to store clothes and bags. This almari was one such example and it was used for storing everyday clothes of the family. It had battened doors, made using wooden planks held together with wooden strips fixed at the top and bottom. Two khuti (wall pegs) were built into the wall on either side.
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Details
- Title: Almari (In-built cabinet)
- Location: Jatola, Gurugram, Haryana
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Rishav Jain, Ben Cartwright and Radha Devpura
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Earth, Metal (Iron), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Painting
- Region: Mewat
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings, Painting
- Earth Craft Technique: Brick Masonry
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