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Purchase furniture such as beds, bookcases, writing desks, jewel boxes, and round or heart-shaped wooden buttons (Rp600 for 12). Fine quality furniture sets cost from Rp250,000 to 1/2 million. Kursi gadjah, another design known as the 'elephant chair', costs up to Rp125,000 a set (costs Rp30,000 alone for the labor). You can get the price down, but not by much, maybe by only Rp5-10,000. There are cheaper models: for one set of Kursi Antik, Rp25,00070,000. The carvers are paid by each meter they carve. The wood comes from Blora and Cepu (East Java); teakwood for the most part, but also find kayu mahoni (mahogany) and kayu meranti,o statues are usually made of sono wood. Learn carving? S.T.M. (Bagian Ukir) gives a three-year course both modern and traditional styles. stay: Jepara is a restful place. Losmen Asia, JI. Kartini 32, Rp600. Losmen Jakarta, JI. Pemuda 16, Rp600 or Rp750 double. There are also several hotels located by the bus station.