Dining Room Cabinet in Carved Teak with Fabric Lined Display

A fabric-lined display cabinet is a different instrument from a mirror-backed one, and choosing between them is worth a moment's thought.

A mirror multiplies. It doubles the apparent depth of the cabinet and puts light behind everything, which suits cut glass and crystal - objects that are themselves reflective and gain from being lit from every side.

Fabric absorbs. It gives a soft, even ground with no competing highlights, which suits porcelain, silver, painted ware and anything with a shape worth reading. Against fabric an object has an outline; against a mirror it has an outline and a second confusing one behind it.

There is one practical consequence our master Indian artisans build for. A textile behind glass, in a room with daylight, will fade - not quickly, but before anything else in the cabinet does. So the lining is never fixed to the carcass. It is stretched over its own removable panel that lifts out from inside, so it can be recovered in an afternoon, decades later, without touching the cabinet.

Fabric or mirror, either is right. Only one of them needs planning for.

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

Configuration: three glazed display doors with curved glazed end bays; drawer band across the middle; cupboard doors below with hand painted panels.

Display lining: fabric stretched over a removable panel that lifts out from inside for recovering; mirror or timber back available instead.

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

Carving and finish: carved crest with painted flower cluster, gilded cornice, fluted pilasters, carved cupboard surrounds, turned feet; ivory ground with gilded carving, 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.

The fabric lining panel is protected by a clean breathable barrier laid directly against it - nothing that could mark the weave or trap moisture against the cloth.

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

Drawers and cupboard doors are secured shut and blocked.

A soft, clean non-abrasive layer goes against the ivory ground and the painted panels, and the carved crest - which carries painted flowers modelled in relief and is the most fragile element on the piece - is given shaped protection on both faces with clearance around the flowers.

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 cabinet is made to order, we confirm your finished dimensions, your shelf, drawer and cupboard layout, your lining choice and your access dimensions - doorway widths, stair turns, lift size - in writing before production begins. Where access requires it, the cabinet 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 cabinet is levelled, the lining panel checked, and the shelves fitted.

The solid teak carcass and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty from the day the cabinet reaches you - the frame, the glazed door construction and hinging, the glazing housings, the shelf supports, the drawer runners, the cupboard doors, and the cornice 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 framing 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. The lining fabric is a wearing surface rather than a structural one and is designed to be recovered - we can supply a fresh panel at any time. Glazed door alignment, drawer running and painted panels are all covered. Both warranties apply anywhere in India.