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Furniture for Gujarat
Furniture from Gujrat Sate in India is characterized by bright painted patterns and motifs. The Sankheda furniture is exclusive to Sankheda, a small town at the bank of the River Narmada.
This style of furniture from India is made form 100% teakwood. The wood is first shaved and smoothened to create the required shapes. Thereafter, floral and abstract designs are painted on it with a squirrel tall brush. The traditional colour used by artisans are gold silver, maroon, green, vermillion and brown. These are mixed in zinc powder, lac and resin, before they are applied. Nowadays, craftsmen also experiment with colours like ivory and purple. Once painted, the furniture parts are polished with the akik stone and then smoothened with the leaf of the kewda tree. Then, they are fitted together.
The Sankheda furniture from India is as famous for its simple and delicate patterns, as it is for its complex artwork.
To give a entire look to your house this type of furniture can be used.
Pidha Furniture
This furniture is famous of Lunkaransar in India. The most recognizable Pidha furniture is the woven low stool or cot. This stool has a wooden frame, and a seat that is woven with cotton yarn or goat’s hair to form geometric patterns.
Patra Furniture
This furniture is the pride of Rajasthan, India. It is ornate is appearance, and was commonly found in the palaces of Rajasthan. It is plated with white metal that has been beautifully carved and engraved. Beside furniture many accessories articles such as key holder, jewellery box, lamp shades are also prepared by this art which can be used to enhance the interior.
The artisans from Tilonia Distt. Ajmer in Rajasthan uses the traditional designs by incorporating embroidered leather patterns. The Tilonia chairs and stools are the most popular furniture items from this region. It is also known for its woven jute work on furniture.
Kishangarh Funiture
This hand-painted wooden furniture from India is famous for its Mughal motifs. The wood used is sheesham (rosewood), mango wood, and acacia Arabica. Kishangarh in Rajasthan is also known for its wooden chairs with embossed patterns. These come with matching wooden seats that are detachable.
Kashmir Funiture
This scenic state is famous for its intricately carved walnut-wood furniture.
Indian furniture from Jodhpur, Barmer and Shekhawati in Rajasthan is also world-famous. Most remarkable is the lattice or ‘jali’ work of this state.
Beside these wrought iron furniture is very popular in modern houses. Metal pitcher which were used for storage grain and water are also used for decoration. Huge metal benches with traditional motives are common site of some of the public garden.
The region wise availability of raw materials make the specialty for that particular region. For example, in Asam and eastern part of India use of bamboo is very common is manufacturing of furniture.
Carving: (xyloglyphy) is a form of working wood by means of a cutting tool held in the hand, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures, to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery.
The nature of the wood being carved limits the scope of the carver in that wood is not equally strong in all directions:  it is an anisotropic material. The direction in which wood is strongest is called "grain" (grain may be straight, interlocked, wavy). It is smart to arrange the more delicate parts of a design along the grain instead of across it, and the more slender stalks or leaf-points should not be too much separated from their adjacent surroundings. The failure to appreciate these primary rules may constantly be seen in damaged work, when it will be noticed that, whereas tendrils, tips of birds beaks, &c., arranged across the grain have been broken away, similar details designed more in harmony with the growth of the wood and not too deeply undercut remain intact. Probably the two most common woods used for carving are Basswood(aka Tilia or Lime) and Tupelo, both are hardwoods that are relatively easy to work with.Chestnut, Butternut, Oak, American walnut, mahogany and teak are also very good woods; while for fine work Italian walnut, sycamore maple, apple, pear,box or plum, are usually chosen. Decoration that is to be painted and of not too delicate a nature is as a rule carved in pine. the wood sculptor must always carve either across or with the grain of the wood, never against the grain.
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