Chaupar
The piece
Chaupar and pachisi are played on a cross: four arms of three rows of eight squares around a home square. At Fatehpur Sikri, in the courtyard before the Panch Mahal, the cross is laid into the red sandstone paving itself. Chaupar is that board in wool, red sandstone and cream, a few squares carved with a cross, the home square left plain. Shown as a rendering. Woven to order in Jaipur.
- Materials
- Hand-spun New Zealand wool with mulberry silk accents, cotton warp
- Dimensions
- Made to order in this shape, sized to your room. Shown at 9 × 9 ft (about 2.7 × 2.7 m)
- Density
- 6 to 14 knots per inch
- Lead Time
- 6 to 10 months on the loom
- Origin
- Jaipur, Rajasthan
