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Chowki (Low surface)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
This is a ten-legged wooden chowki which is covered with a thin layer of intricately painted paper. Though the provenance of this chowki is not exactly known, it is believed to be from the Marwar region owing to the style of painting and examples of such painted furniture from the region.
Details
- Title: Chowki (Low surface)
- Location: The South Asia Collection, from Rajasthan
- Type: Sapaat (Surface)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Samrudha Dixit
- Rights: South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Metal, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Turning, Lacquering, Painting
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings
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