Pidha (Stool)

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

A pidha is a stool with a webbed seat (woven within a square frame) that rests on four turned wood legs. The seat is made of coir or cotton rope, often webbed in different patterns. A pidha has three components; the legs, horizontal members (that form the frame) and the webbing.

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Title: Pidha (Stool)
Location: Dadhikar, Alwar, 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 (Rope), Wood
Wood Craft Technique: Joinery, Turning
Region: Mewat - Brij
Cotton Rope Technique: Weaving

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