Pidha (Stool)

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India

This pidha was made by the owner using wood from a local neem tree. The webbing was made using munjh rope in a zig zag design that is called leheriya (derived from the tie-dye textile craft of the same name).

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Title: Pidha (Stool)
Location: Chakeri, Sawai Madhopur, 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: Grass (Sarkanda), Wood
Wood Craft Technique: Joinery
Region: Mewat - Brij
Grass Craft Technique: Weaving

Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University

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Chakeri India Weaving Wood