Centre Table with Drawers in Carved Teak and Champagne Finish

Putting a drawer into a curved front is a problem, and there is only one honest way to solve it.

The body of this table swells outward - it is wider in the middle than at the ends, and it curves in section as well as in plan. A drawer front cut separately and shaped to fit will never quite continue that curve: it will be a fraction flatter or fuller than the carcass either side of it, and the eye picks up the discontinuity as a slight step where the drawer meets the body.

So the front is not made separately. The carcass is built and shaped as one continuous curved mass first, and only then is the drawer opening cut out of it - the piece removed by that cut becomes the drawer front. Because it was part of the body a moment earlier, its curve is the body's curve exactly, and the grain runs straight through from carcass to drawer and out the other side.

The saw kerf itself is the only loss, which is why the gaps around the drawer are as fine as they are. Close it and the front disappears back into the curve it came from.

Material: solid teak throughout, hand-carved and shaped by master Indian artisans.

Top: patterned panel of contrasting timber inside a shaped moulded border.

Body: bombe shaped carcass, swelling in plan and section, worked from solid stock.

Drawers: fronts cut from the shaped carcass so the curve and grain run continuous, with carved cartouche handles. Number and layout set by you.

Apron: carved scrolling foliage beneath the body.

Feet: short carved cabriole feet.

Finish: hand-built champagne finish. Gold, silver, antiqued tones or plain polished teak are also available.

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

Photography: images on this page are of the actual product, not renders.

Drawers travel closed and secured, so they cannot slide open and strike their own fronts against the carcass during transit.

Each drawer is padded inside its opening and held shut with a soft restraint that leaves no residue. The carved handles get individual foam collars, since they project from the curve and would take a knock first.

A soft non-abrasive layer goes over the champagne finish, laid smoothly with no folds - a metallic-glazed surface marks more readily than a wax polish. The swelling sides are the widest part of the piece, so they get foam padding around their full girth, and the cabriole feet get collars of their own. A rigid panel is fitted over the patterned top. Corrugated panels then build a rigid shell, the base is blocked and braced, and the outer carton is edge-reinforced. Everything unwraps by hand.

Free PAN-India delivery is included in the price - no zone rates, no distance surcharge, no freight line at checkout. The table costs the same delivered to Bhubaneswar as to Bathinda.

Dent-free arrival is guaranteed. It leaves in multi-layer protective packaging, travels with handlers briefed on shaped and metallic-finished furniture, and is checked at every transfer point. If anything is not right when you open it, tell us and we make it right - the guarantee sits with us, not with the transporter.

Because the table is made to order, production begins once your size, drawer layout and finish are confirmed in writing. Shaping a bombe carcass and fitting drawers into it takes real time, so we give you a realistic timeline rather than an optimistic one, and send a dispatch note with an expected delivery window.

The solid teak and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the carcass, the top frame, the drawer boxes and their runners, the apron and the feet. If a joint opens or a member fails within those twenty years, we repair or replace it.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs alongside it and never expires. Teak's natural oils are what termites avoid, and our seasoning and finishing routine is built around preserving them, so the timber is guaranteed for as long as the table is yours.

Drawers are the part of any piece that gets used most and complained about most, usually because they bind in humid weather. Teak's stability is the reason ours keep running, and the warranty covers the drawer construction along with everything else. All of it is built from start to finish in our own workshop by the master Indian artisans who make everything we sell, from timber we season ourselves.