What is a damachiya?

Damchiya (sometimes spelled as Damachiya) is a traditional wooden sideboard from Gujrat and Rajasthan, in India. It was used to store bride’s dowry items. Damchiyas usually have intricate carving, painting or other artwork and hence they have a very distinctive appeal as artistic furniture items for your home.

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Damchiyas comes in various sizes and Damchiyas belonging to richer families were usually bigger and more elaborate in their artwork, but nonetheless all Damchiyas have a beauty of their own.

The availability of original Damchiyas is very lmited. If you get one at a good price, then you should consider buying it if you love the beauty of antique Indian artistic furniture.

A damchiya was a wooden sideboard used as a bride’s dowry chest. The concept of bride’s dowry chest exists in various cultures around the world and it is sometimes also called a “hope chest“.

Today they are mostly used for decorative purposes.

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