Black Showcase in Carved Teak with Curved Glass and Silver Carving

Glass is only transparent when what is behind it is brighter than what is in front of it. Below that threshold it stops being a window and becomes a mirror.

Everyone has seen this without naming it. A window at night reflects the room; the same window at noon shows the garden. Nothing about the glass changed - only the balance of light on its two sides.

A dark showcase sits exactly on that threshold, and this is where dark cabinets are usually got wrong. Finish the inside in the same charcoal as the outside and the interior becomes darker than the room; the doors turn into mirrors and reflect the furniture behind you instead of showing what is inside. The cabinet stops working as a display entirely.

So our master Indian artisans finish the interior of every dark cabinet pale - a light ground on the back, the shelf supports and the underside of the top, so the inside is brighter than the reflected room. The glass reads as transparent and the dark frame reads as a frame.

Add lighting and the margin becomes generous. Without it, the pale interior is doing the work on its own, which is why it is not optional.

Material: solid teak carcass, doors and frame, hand-carved. No veneer, no engineered board.

Configuration: fully bowed front with curved glass to both ends and the doors; glass shelves; pale finished interior.

Finish: deep charcoal-black frame with silvered carving, sealed for durability; interior finished pale so the glazing reads as transparent.

Interior: shelf spacing to your requirement; adjustable supports available; interior lighting available; back in pale timber, mirror or glass to choice.

Carving: tall pierced crest, silvered carving to door heads and lower corners, deep carved apron, scrolled feet.

Sizes: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

Warranty: 20 years on the solid teak carcass and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage.

A high-contrast dark finish shows every mark, so the first layer against the charcoal ground is soft, clean and completely non-abrasive, with nothing that could burnish a patch to a different sheen.

Curved glass is packed in its housings under shaped formers that follow each bow across its full face - on a fully bowed cabinet there is no straight run anywhere for a flat support to bear against.

Glass shelves travel out, laid flat, interleaved and edge-guarded. Doors are secured closed and braced.

The pierced crest is supported on both faces so it cannot rock, and the deep apron and scrolled feet receive individually shaped protection.

The carcass enters a rigid outer crate with cushioning, corner protection and strapping. This is why dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Delivery is free across India - no freight charge, no distance surcharge, and no difference between a metro address and a smaller town.

Because every showcase is made to order, we confirm your finished dimensions, your shelf layout, the lighting arrangement and your access dimensions - doorway widths, stair turns, lift size - in writing before production begins. A fully bowed cabinet is measured at the middle of its bow, its widest point.

Once complete it is packed as described and dispatched with a carrier used to handling carved furniture and curved glass. You are contacted ahead of delivery so someone can be present.

Arrival is guaranteed dent-free. If any transit damage has occurred, photograph it while the delivery team is present and contact us - we will resolve it. On site the cabinet is levelled before the shelves are fitted.

The solid teak carcass and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty from the day the showcase reaches you - the frame, the glazed door construction and hinging, the curved glass housings, the shelf supports, and the cornice and crest joints.

Lifetime cover against termite damage applies for the life of the furniture rather than a fixed number of years. Because the piece is seasoned solid teak throughout - carcass, doors, back and internal fittings - there is no board core anywhere for insects to reach.

If a warranty issue arises, send us photographs and we will assess and repair or replace. The silvered carving is sealed separately from the dark ground so it stays bright, and that sealing is covered. Glazed door alignment is covered too. Both warranties apply anywhere in India.