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This pidhi was made by interlocking the horizontal members with the legs using a unique joinery technique. This interlocked arrangement is then held in place tightly, by weaving cotton ropes around the frame to form the webbing.
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- Title: Pidhi (Stool)
- Location: Jalandhar, Jalandhar, Punjab
- Type: Aasan (Seating)
- Contributor: Rishav Jain, Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Abhishek Ruikar
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Cotton (Rope), Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Painting, Turning
- Region: Doaba
- Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving
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