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Chettinad Athangudi Tiles — Cover

About Chettinad Athangudi Tiles

Athangudi tiles are handmade cement floor tiles cast on glass and ground in oxide colours — never fired — in the village of Athangudi in Tamil Nadu. From 1900 to 1950 they paved the grand halls of Chettiar merchant mansions, their glossy geometric-floral patterns reading true against dark Burma-teak pillars and limewashed walls.

This design system rebuilds that interior in pixels: a warm teak-brown ground chosen so the oxide pigments — oxblood, ochre, mustard, teal, green — glow exactly as they do underfoot. Saturated earth tones, square tile-grid modules, and bordered medallion fields carry the craft to screen.

Learn more about the Chettinad Athangudi Tiles style

Origin
South Asia — Athangudi village, Chettinad, Tamil Nadu, India
Era
1900–1950 (Chettiar mansion-building boom)
Key figures
Nattukottai Chettiar merchant-banker patrons · Anonymous Athangudi tile artisans
Movements
Vernacular Chettinad craft · Oxide-pigment cement-tile tradition · Burma-teak and limewash interiors

Chettinad Athangudi Tiles design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

Hind MaduraiHeadings
Mukta MalarBody
YantramanavMono
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