Category: Behind Folklorei

Where the money goes in hand-carved furniture, what carvers actually earn nationally, and why the honest price is higher than the market usually admits.

Ornament didn't vanish because taste changed. It vanished because the labour behind it stopped being cheap — and the argument that survives that fact.

Saharanpur carving, Agra inlay, Jaipur thikri, Channapatna lacquer, Bidar bidri — where India's high-end craft is actually made, and how to verify a claim.