About Bidriware Black Metal
Bidriware is a centuries-old metalcraft from Bidar in the Deccan, where a zinc-copper alloy is blackened to a deep matte patina with Bidar-Fort soil and ammonium chloride. Into that near-black ground, master karigars hammer threads of pure silver — fine Mughal-Persian floral scrollwork (Tarkashi) that resists the blackening and gleams against the dark.
This design system distills that craft into screen language: a deep matte-black ground, cool bright-silver line, and the unhurried elegance of inlaid arabesque — monochrome, high-contrast, and quietly luxurious.
- Origin
- Bidar, Karnataka, India (South Asia)
- Era
- pre-1900 (14th–15th c. onward, Bahmani Sultanate, Deccan)
- Key figures
- Bidri master karigars · Deccan inlay metalworkers · Bahmani court artisans
- Movements
- Bidriware metal inlay craft · Tarkashi wire inlay · Mughal-Persian floral arabesque
Bidriware Black Metal design spec
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Typography
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