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Aada (In-built cabinet)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
The shutters of aada are designed according to the aesthetic sensibilities of the users and the craftspeople making them. This aada in a residence in Jaisalmer had a shutter with a grid design formed by the layering of wooden members joined using metal fittings. The design was similar to the chests made in the region.
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Details
- Title: Aada (In-built cabinet)
- Location: Roopsi, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
- Type: Manjush (Storage)
- Contributor: Mansi S Rao, Ben Cartwright and Samrudha Dixit
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Lime, Metal, Stone, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery
- Stone Craft Technique: Dressing, Masonry
- Region: Marwar
- Metal Craft Technique: Fittings
- Lime Craft Technique: Plastering
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