A type of inlaid metalwork from India, particularly from Bidar, featuring metal objects decorated with intricate patterns of gold, silver, and other metals embedded in steel or iron.
Named after Bidar, a city in southern India (in modern-day Karnataka) that became famous for this craft during the medieval period, especially under Islamic sultanates.
Bidar metalwork represents centuries of craftsmanship perfected by Muslim artisans in India, and each piece is so detailed that artisans can spend months on a single object—it's a form of applied geometry translated into metal.
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