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Baithak (Floor seat)
Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University
Ahmedabad, India
Baithak gets its name from besvu, meaning to sit. It is a form of floor seating wherein a mattress laid on the floor is covered with cotton sheets and accessorized with cushions and bolsters.
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- Title: Baithak (Floor seat)
- Location: Katar, Amreli, Gujarat
- Type: Aasan (Seating)
- Contributor: Mitraja Bais, Jay Thakkar, Samrudha Dixit, Ben Cartwright and Mansi S Rao
- Rights: Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre, CEPT University and South Asian Decorative Arts and Crafts Collection (SADACC) Trust
- Medium: Textile
- Region: Saurashtra
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