Designer Side Table in Carved Teak - Gold Bombe Chest with Scroll Wings

The two scroll wings on this table are the piece. Everything else is a box between them - and that is exactly the problem our carvers have to solve, because those wings are not ornament stuck onto a cabinet. They are the cabinet's sides, and they carry it.

Each one starts as a baulk of teak far thicker than any part of the finished carcass. The scroll at the shoulder curls inward and back on itself, the body sweeps down and outward, and the foot turns forward again - three changes of direction in one member, all of which the load has to travel through on its way to the floor.

So the blank is marked out at an angle, the same way a chair leg is, so the grain runs around the sweep rather than across the two points where it reverses. Waste is heavy and unavoidable; a wing this shape cannot be cut economically from a square blank without putting short grain exactly where the bending happens.

Only once both wings are shaped and jointed to the carcass is the acanthus cut into them. Working the other way round - carving first, jointing after - would mean cutting a joint into a surface already modelled, and no joint is ever invisible once the carving crosses it.

The two are carved in parallel, turn about, so that neither gets ahead of the other. A pair of scrolls that do not mirror each other is the one fault nobody can unsee.

Material: Solid teak throughout - carcass, all three drawer boxes and fronts, top, scroll wings and feet. No veneer over engineered board.

Construction: Structural acanthus scroll sides carved from thick solid stock with the grain laid around the sweep and jointed to the carcass before carving; bombe drawer fronts shaped from solid stock; carved shell handles; shaped apron with beaded edge.

Storage: Three drawers. Counts, depths and internal fittings are configurable.

Finish: Hand-applied gold leaf, as photographed. Silver or champagne leaf, painted tones or natural teak can be specified instead.

Dimensions: Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

Available: Singly or as a matched pair.

Made: Handcrafted Indian luxury, produced to order by master Indian artisans.

The carved wings project further than any other part of this table and take every knock first, so they are protected before anything else. Each is given contoured foam that follows the scroll and a rigid guard over the shoulder curl and the foot, with support bearing on the flat body of the wing rather than into the carving.

Because the whole piece is gilded, the wrap that goes on first is soft and lint-free and laid on without tension - burnished leaf marks under pressure long before wood does.

The plain bombe drawer fronts are cushioned along their full curve, since a curved face has no flat area to rest against.

All three drawers are removed or secured shut so nothing can run out and strike a front.

The shaped apron sits low between the feet and is guarded along its beaded edge. The whole table then goes into a rigid outer carton, internally braced so it cannot shift. Ordered as a pair, each is crated separately. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Free delivery is included anywhere in India, with no distance surcharge and nothing added at the end. Metros, tier-two cities and smaller towns are served on the same terms, and a pair ships on the same free terms as a single table.

Production begins once your dimensions, drawer layout, carving depth and finish are confirmed in writing. Carving structural scroll sides is slow bench work and gilding needs curing time between stages, so we give you an honest timeline then and keep you updated as the piece moves through shaping, carving, gilding and assembly.

We dispatch through carriers experienced with gilded and carved furniture, and send tracking details as soon as it leaves us.

On arrival our team brings the table in, positions it, checks the drawers run cleanly and removes all packaging. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed - if anything is not right, tell us and we will resolve it.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the carcass, all three drawer boxes, both carved scroll sides and the feet.

The scroll wings are structural rather than decorative, and the guarantee is written around that. Each is carved from thick solid teak with the grain laid to run around the sweep, so the fibre carrying the load is continuous through both points where the curve reverses - the places a scroll cut from a square blank would eventually fail.

The bombe drawer fronts are covered on the same basis. Each is shaped from solid stock rather than bent and faced, so there is no laminate under tension along the curve.

The teak carries a lifetime warranty against termite damage for as long as you own the piece, from the oils in the timber rather than the leaf above them.

If anything covered needs attention, send us your order details and photographs and our artisans will arrange the repair or replacement.