China Cabinet in Ivory and Gold with Hand-Painted Floral Panels

The hardest part of this cabinet is not the carving. It is painting a bouquet onto a door that curves in two directions at once.

A bombe door swells outward across its width and rolls forward down its height. A flower bouquet drawn flat on paper cannot simply be traced onto that surface; the outer petals would stretch and the bouquet would read as if it were sliding off the door. So our painters do not transfer a drawing. They chalk the outline directly onto the finished, curved, primed door, standing where a person in the room would stand, and adjust the shape by eye until it reads correct from that viewing position rather than from directly in front.

The centre of the bouquet is set slightly above the geometric centre of the panel as well. The lower half of a bombe door falls away from the light and sits in its own shadow, so a bouquet placed dead centre looks low. Raising it a little brings it back to the middle of what the eye actually sees.

Only then does painting begin: ground, mass, petal, and finally the fine highlights.

Material: solid teak throughout the frame, doors, drawer boxes and base. No veneered board in the structure.

Construction: two-part cabinet - glazed upper section and cupboard base - built separately and located together on site.

Upper section: arched centre door pair with two canted glazed side bays, glazed returns at the corners, glass shelves, carved and pierced crest.

Base: bombe curved front, side cupboards with shelving, centre drawer stack, carved scroll feet.

Finish: ivory ground with hand-applied gold on the raised carving, and hand-painted floral sprays on the door and drawer faces.

Carving: shell crests, scrolled cartouches, foliate borders and moulded door frames, all cut by hand.

Made to order: width, height, depth, door count, drawer configuration, ivory tone, gold weight and floral design are all customisable. Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

A glazed cabinet with painted panels needs two different kinds of protection, and we give it both.

Every pane of glass is taped in a grid across its face so that any impact cannot send shards across the painted doors, then the glazed doors are wrapped separately in soft foam. The painted bombe fronts are covered first in acid-free tissue so nothing abrasive ever touches the flowers, then in foam sheet, then in bubble wrap.

Carved crests, scroll feet and any pierced sections are boxed individually with foam blocks moulded around them, because those are the parts that catch on a doorway.

The upper section and the base travel as separate crated units, each in a hardwood frame with corner protection at every arris. The crates are marked for orientation and lift points.

Multi-layer protective packaging is standard on every order, at no extra cost. It is the reason we can guarantee dent-free arrival rather than simply hope for it.

Delivery is free anywhere in India, and the cabinet arrives dent-free - guaranteed. There are no zone charges, no fuel surcharges and no separate handling fee for a piece of this size.

Because it is made to order, production begins after your dimensions are confirmed in writing. We keep you updated as the carcass is built, as the carving is cut, and again once the painting and gilding are complete, with photographs of your actual cabinet at each stage.

The two sections travel crated and are brought in separately, which makes staircases and narrow passages far easier than a single-piece cabinet would be. Our team places the base, levels it, then sets the upper section onto it and fits the glass shelves.

Tell us in advance about lift dimensions, floor level or any tight turn on the approach and we plan the route before dispatch. Every photograph you see of this cabinet is of the actual product, not a render.

The solid teak frame and joinery of this china cabinet carry a 20-year warranty. That covers the structure that does the work: the carcass posts and rails, the door frames, the drawer boxes and the joints holding them together.

Alongside it runs a lifetime warranty against termite damage. Teak carries its own natural oils, which is the reason it has been the timber of choice for Indian furniture for generations, and we back that with a warranty that does not expire.

The hand-painted flowers and the gold work are finished by the same artisans who apply them, and if anything arrives marked we correct it. Glass, shelves and hardware are covered against manufacturing defect.

Because every cabinet is made to order and recorded against your order, we know exactly which craftsmen built yours and how it was finished. If you ever need a panel retouched or a section refinished years from now, we can match it. Reach us with your order number and we will take it from there.