25/12/2025
At Haveliyon se Hariyali Tak – Historic Cities Series 2025, the Vernacular Furniture of India research—based on 62,000+ km of fieldwork and documentation of 7,800+ furniture pieces, including 500+ from Rajasthan—was showcased and appreciated by Shri , Hon. Chief Minister of Rajasthan, and Smt. , Hon. Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Grateful to Dronah Foundation and Shikha Jain for creating a platform that foregrounds Rajasthan’s living craft and material culture.The exhibition was organised by Dronah Foundation, in collaboration with the Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan and NIUA, with wide institutional support
The event was hosted at Mandawa Castle, Rajasthan
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21/03/2021
We cordially invite you to Itiha: stories and traditions of vernacular furniture, a virtual exhibition on a collaborative research project ‘Vernacular Furniture of North-West India’.
Vernacular furniture is used in the everyday life of people of a particular region or community and is made by craftspeople using locally available materials. The exhibition focuses on the six year long journey about the research on the vernacular furniture of north-west India and highlights aspects of design, function, making, as well as associated stories and narratives that signify its relevance in a given context. The exhibition is an outcome of the ‘Vernacular Furniture of North-West India’ project, which is the first ever research on vernacular furniture.
About the project:
The project ‘Vernacular Furniture of North-West India’ project was initiated in December 2015. It aimed at identifying, mapping, documenting and studying vernacular furniture that has traditionally been, and continues to be an inherent part of the day-to-day life in an Indian household. North-West India covers the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana.
The research was executed in three stages:
Phase I: Gujarat, Phase II: Rajasthan and Phase III: Punjab and Haryana
Itiha : Stories and traditions of vernacular furniture
26th March, 5.00 pm IST
Online @ Zoom
To Register for the inauguration event: https://forms.gle/X7t3rJAv7LbtQfWeA
The joining link to the inauguration event will be shared on 26th March, 3.00 pm.
Looking forward to your presence.
From,
Team DICRC
24/02/2021
Drawings were made of the furniture pieces found on field, which includes all crucial details of the furniture and later composed together so that it can be used for dissemination in various forms; exhibition, books and even portfolios.
23/02/2021
Karar Ibrahimpur, Sonipat, Haryana
Some glimpse of the places visited during the journey of thousands of kilometres in search of vernacular furniture in north- west India.
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23/02/2021
Ujjhal Majri, Ambala, Haryana
Some glimpse of the places visited during the journey of thousands of kilometres in search of vernacular furniture in north- west India.
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