SEATING

EARLY FORMS
SPONTANEOUS FORMS
- STOOLS
- 1 | mooda
- 2 | damroo stool
- 3 | sundarban stool
- 4 | el’bo stool
- 5 | pillar pods
- FOUR-LEGGED
- 6 | bespoke red charpoy
- 7 | patla
- SOFT FURNITURE
- 8 | baramasa - month of karthika
THE CHAIR
- GLOBAL INFLUENCES
- 1 | peacock chair
- 2 | curved-back armchair
- 3 | x-chair
- 4 | folding chair with armrests
- 5 | rocking chair
- 6 | carved ornamental chair
- 7 | straight-back dining chair
- 8 | burgomaster chair
- COLONIAL/ANGLO-INDIAN
- 9 | plantation chair
- 10 | reclining easy chair
- 11 | hammock chair
- 12 | folding chair
- 13 | ram-head chair
- 14 | textile folding chair
- 15 | lockwood chair
- 16 | cabriole-leg chair
- REGIONAL
- 17 | sankheda chair
- 18 | carved blackwood chair
- MODERN
- 19 | godrej tubular chair
- 20 | round art deco chair
- 21 | grass-seated chair
- 22 | cross easy chair
- CONTEMPORARY
- 23 | full boat chair
- 24 | origami chair
- 25 | truss-me wings chair
- 26 | corset chair with footrest
- 27 | knock down chair
- 28 | pelican katran chair
- 29 | mukarna chair

FOLIO FROM JAIN MANUSCRIPT OF KALPASUTRA AND KALAKACHARYA KATHA
MATERIAL: Paper
PERIOD: c. 1375 AD

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This is a folio from the Jain manuscript of Kalpasutra and KalakacharyaKatha. According to legend, which could probably date back to circa 1st century AD, it depicts the king Gardabhilla of Ujjain presented before Kalakacharya, the warrior Jain monk. It is indicative of the Jain monk seated on an ornate throne with a metal structure and seemingly rich upholstery. His left foot rests on what appears to be a footstool, equally decorative in its form and design.

From the collection of the CSMVS

EARLY FORMS

SPONTANEOUS FORMS

THE CHAIR