Antique Gold King Size Bed - Fully Carved Teak with White Tufted Insets

Carving First, Upholstery Second

Look at how much fabric is on this bed and then at how much wood. That ratio is the whole design argument. An upholstered bed with a carved surround is quick to build: the frame is cut, the carving runs around the perimeter, and a single large padded panel fills the middle in a day. Reverse the proportions, as this piece does, and the labour changes entirely, because every part of the surface that would have been covered in fabric now has to be carved by hand instead. There is no shortcut and no machine substitute; the tiers of scrollwork on the central column and the pierced sections either side of it are cut individually with chisels.

The finish was chosen to serve the carving rather than the other way round. Antique gold, laid dark into the recesses and burnished back on the raised surfaces, produces a gradient across every scroll so the eye reads depth. A uniform bright gold on a piece with this much relief would collapse the whole headboard into a single glare and waste the work underneath it. The small inset cushions are white for the same reason: they are there to break the mass and give the head of the bed somewhere soft, not to compete for attention. Master Indian artisans carve, finish and upholster each one by hand, and the photographs here show the actual bed.

Specifications: Fully Carved Antique Gold Teak Bed

This describes the bed as photographed. Since it is built to order, every line can be changed before production begins.

• Frame and carving: solid teak wood, hand-carved across almost the entire surface by master Indian artisans
• Finish: antique gold, laid dark into recesses and burnished on raised carving
• Headboard: architectural carved mass with a tall central column, tiered foliate scrollwork, pierced sections and a crest at the crown
• Headboard upholstery: two small white buttoned cushions inset either side of the centre column
• Footboard: three small white buttoned panels set between carved swags, rosettes and scrolled volutes
• Corner supports: heavily carved, standing on scrolled feet
• Supplied with: two matching bombe-fronted bedside chests, carved and finished to the same standard
• Upholstery options: white leatherette as shown, or leather, velvet, silk or a fabric you supply
• Finish options: antique gold as shown, or bright gold, champagne, rose gold, silver or an aged bronze
• Size: custom sizes made to order; final measurements confirmed in writing before production
• Storage: box, drawer or hydraulic base storage available on request
• Warranty: 20 years on solid teak frame and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage
• Delivery: free across India with guaranteed dent-free arrival

Crating a Bed That Is Almost All Carving

Most beds have a few vulnerable carved elements and a lot of flat surface to pack against. This one has almost no flat surface at all. Practically every face of the headboard and footboard projects, undercuts or is pierced, which means conventional padding would simply rest on the most delicate points. So each major component is cast into contour-cut foam: the foam is shaped to the profile of that specific component, so it supports the solid structural mass behind the ornament and leaves every projecting scroll, rosette and pierced section sitting in a void with nothing bearing on it.

Nothing abrasive touches the antique gold at any point, because a burnished aged finish cannot be spot-repaired invisibly once scuffed. The small upholstered insets are relieved so no pressure sits on their buttons. The carved corner supports and the crown of the crest, being the outermost points, take additional rigid guards. Everything is crated individually and strapped, and the two carved bedside chests are boxed separately with drawers immobilised. This is the most expensive packing operation in our range and the cost stays with us, because on a piece representing this much hand-carving a single chipped element is not a small problem. Dent-free with the carving intact, or we make it right.

Free Delivery, and an Honest Word About Lead Time

Delivery is free anywhere in India with no distance surcharge. What deserves more of your attention on this particular bed is time. This is the most carving-intensive piece we make, and carving at this density cannot be compressed by adding people to it, because the tiers of the central column and the pierced sections have to be worked coherently by the same hands. It is a substantially longer build than any other bed in our range. We will give you a realistic window when your specification is confirmed, and if you are working towards a wedding or a house handover, raise the date at enquiry so we can tell you honestly whether it is achievable before you commit.

Once complete, the bed ships in contour-cut multi-layer packing under our dent-free arrival guarantee, and you are kept informed from dispatch through to arrival. Our team assembles it in the bedroom and we ask you to inspect the carving and the gold finish closely with them present, so anything you are unhappy with is settled immediately. This is a large and heavy piece with a tall headboard, so tell us your ceiling height, your bedroom door width and any narrow staircase or small lift at enquiry, and the frame will be engineered to break down into sections that can actually be carried in.

Warranty on the Most Carved Bed We Build

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty from delivery, and termite damage is covered for the life of the bed with no expiry. On this design the structural cover applies to the great majority of what you see, because so little of the surface is upholstery. That includes the carved corner supports, which take the weight of a heavy headboard and footboard through joints cut and pinned rather than screwed, and the tiered central column, whose sections are jointed into one another rather than glued flat. Termite cover runs indefinitely because teak resists termites through oils within the timber rather than through any applied treatment.

The antique gold finish and the small upholstered insets sit outside the structural warranty. A hand-aged gold surface will soften where it is touched, and the inset cushions will wear like any upholstery. Neither is a fault and we would rather write it here than in fine print. In return we re-gild and reupholster our own beds at any point in their life at an honest price, and on a piece with this much carving that matters more than usual: because every element came out of our workshop, a single damaged rosette, volute or pierced section can be recut and blended in rather than requiring the whole component to be replaced. Keep the bed indoors, out of prolonged direct sun, and do not modify the frame.