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This silver-clad pidha is part of a set of four that is displayed in the City Palace of Udaipur where a royal wedding scene has been recreated. A cushion covered with brocade silk is fitted onto the newar (cotton strap) webbing, over which another embroidered silk fabric is covered.
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- Title: Pidha (Stool)
- Location: Udaipur, Udaipur, Rajasthan
- Type: Aasan (Seating)
- 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: Cotton (Strap), Metal (Silver), Textile, Wood
- Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Turning
- Textile Craft Technique: Embroidery
- Region: Mewar
- Metal Craft Technique: Cladding
- Cotton Strap Technique: Weaving
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