Crockery Almirah in Carved Teak with Glazed Top and Drawer Stack

The four drawers stacked at the centre of this almirah are not the same size, and they are meant to look as though they are.

Stand in front of a stack of equal drawers and look down at it. You are above the lower drawers and level with the upper ones, so the lower fronts are seen at an increasingly oblique angle and foreshorten. A stack cut to identical heights appears to compress towards the floor, as if the bottom drawer were being squashed by the weight above it.

The old cabinet-makers answered it by graduating: each drawer is made slightly deeper than the one above, by a consistent step. Seen from standing height, the foreshortening and the graduation cancel, and the four read as equal.

Our master Indian artisans set that step from the height of the stack and where its centre sits relative to a standing eye - a low stack needs less graduation than a tall one, and a stack in a base under a glazed top needs more than one at table height.

Measure the drawers on the finished piece and they differ. Look at them and they do not. That is the whole intention.

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

Configuration: four glazed display bays with canted glazed ends under a broken pediment; serpentine base with a graduated four-drawer stack at the centre and carved cupboards either side.

Drawers: graduated in depth so the stack reads as equal from standing height; solid teak throughout, on solid runners.

Interior: glass shelves with spacing to your requirement; adjustable supports available; cupboard fitting planned with you; interior lighting available.

Carving and finish: carved crest, broken pediment, fluted pilasters with carved capitals, carved cupboard panels and drawer mounts, shaped moulded plinth; antique gold finish sealed for durability.

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.

Every drawer is removed or secured shut and blocked so it cannot move inside the crate - on a four-drawer stack this matters more than on a single drawer, since a loose one has the whole height of the stack to gather momentum in.

Glass shelves travel out of the cabinet, laid flat, interleaved and edge-guarded. Glazed doors are secured closed, braced and protected across each pane; canted end panes stay in their housings under shaped support.

Cupboard doors are secured shut.

A soft non-abrasive layer goes against the antique gold finish first, and the broken pediment, the carved crest, the pilaster capitals and the shaped plinth each 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 almirah is made to order, we confirm your finished dimensions, your shelf, drawer and cupboard layout and your access dimensions - doorway widths, stair turns, lift size - in writing before production begins. Where access requires it, the piece is built to separate into upper and lower sections that assemble in the room.

Once complete it is packed as described and dispatched with a carrier used to handling carved furniture and 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 base is levelled first, then the upper section fitted, the drawers refitted and the shelves installed.

The solid teak carcass and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty from the day the almirah reaches you - the frame, the glazed door construction and hinging, the glazing housings, the shelf supports, the drawer runners, the cupboard doors, and the pediment 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, drawers, 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. Drawer running is covered, and a replacement drawer is made to its own graduated depth rather than to a standard one, so the stack still reads correctly. Glazed door alignment is covered too. Both warranties apply anywhere in India.