Curved Showcase in Carved Teak with Filigree Bands and Bow Ends

Filigree this fine is not designed on paper and then cut. It is designed backwards, from the tool.

Every pierced pattern has a smallest hole in it, and that hole has to be cut, cleaned out and finished on both faces. The saw blade has to pass through it, the file has to reach into it, and the finish has to be worked around every edge of it. Below a certain size that stops being possible - the blade will not turn inside the aperture, the file cannot enter, and what should be a crisp opening ends up ragged.

So our master Indian artisans start from the smallest aperture the tools can genuinely finish, and then design outward. The repeat is scaled so that no hole anywhere in the pattern falls below that size, and where a motif would naturally narrow to a point - the tip of a leaf, the eye of a scroll - it is opened out slightly to keep it workable.

The result looks like the pattern came first and the cutting followed. It is the other way round.

That is also why filigree looks so different between workshops. Two cabinets can carry the same drawing; only one will have been drawn to what the hands could actually finish.

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

Configuration: fully bowed glazed end bays, shaped glazed doors with turned columns at the meeting stiles, glass shelves.

Filigree: fine pierced bands to the cornice, lower door panels, base and apron, cut through solid timber; pattern scaled so every aperture can be finished on both faces.

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

Finish: champagne ground with paler filigree, sealed for durability.

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

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

Filigree is the most delicate work on any cabinet we make, and it runs along the cornice, the base and the apron - all edges, all exposed. Each band receives its own shaped protection that meets only the solid ground between the piercings, with clearance across the openwork itself.

The bowed end panes stay in their housings under shaped formers supporting each curve across its whole face - a full bow has no straight run to bear against, so the support has to follow it exactly.

Glass shelves travel out, laid flat, interleaved and edge-guarded. Glazed doors are secured closed, braced and protected across each pane.

A soft non-abrasive layer goes against the champagne finish first, and the turned columns are wrapped along their length.

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 and your access dimensions - doorway widths, stair turns, lift size - in writing before production begins. A fully bowed cabinet is measured at its widest point, which is the middle of the bow rather than the corners.

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 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, the turned columns, and the filigree band fixings.

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. Filigree is covered as ornament: a damaged band is re-cut from solid teak to the same pattern and scale rather than patched, so the repeat stays continuous. Glazed door alignment is covered too. Both warranties apply anywhere in India.