Carved chairs, lacquered toys and rosewood — timber with a memory.
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Turned on a lathe, painted in tin and sealed in lac, Sankheda's maroon-and-gold furniture has carried a Gujarat village's name around the world since the nineteenth century.
In Saharanpur, at the foot of the Shivalik hills, generations of carvers have turned sheesham and teak into furniture that carries the city’s name around the world.
In Mysuru, artisans cut pictures into dark rosewood and fill them with ivory, pearl and coloured wood — a royal craft, known locally as Kundana Kale, that still glows after two centuries.
In the old-city workshops of Srinagar, master carvers known as naqash cut chinar leaves, grapevines and whole jungle scenes into the dark, close-grained wood of the Kashmiri walnut tree.
Turned on a lathe and coloured with lacquer on the spin, Channapatna's wooden toys have delighted children for two centuries — and they are still safe enough to chew.