Double Bed Design in Carved Teak - Cream Tufted with Champagne Gold

The serpentine line - a curve that rises, falls and rises again - was called the line of beauty by the painter William Hogarth in 1753, and cabinetmakers had been using it for decades before he named it. His argument was simple: the eye enjoys following a curve that changes direction, and tires of one that does not. Furniture proved him right long before anyone wrote it down.

Both ends of this bed are drawn on that line, and the carving follows it rather than interrupting it. That is why the frame here is kept slim: a heavy carved border would break the curve into segments, and the whole point is that the eye travels the full width without stopping.

The roses are placed where the curve changes direction - at the shoulders and the centre - which is the traditional discipline. Ornament at the turning points reads as punctuation; ornament spread evenly reads as pattern. Our master Indian artisans set out the full curve at actual size before cutting anything, because a serpentine that is even slightly uneven is obvious from the doorway and impossible to correct later.

Material: Solid teak frame throughout, including headboard, footboard, rails and the bedside chests.

Headboard: Wide shaped panel buttoned in a diamond grid with crystal studs, serpentine top rail, rolled shoulders, slim carved frame with rose clusters and a pierced centre crest.

Footboard: Buttoned panel curving to the centre beneath a carved rose cluster on the top rail.

Upholstery: Shown in cream, and made in any fabric and colour you choose.

Buttons: Crystal studs as shown, or fabric-covered or metal buttons.

Finish: Champagne gold as shown, and available in gold, silver, ivory, antique bronze or natural teak tones.

Bedside chests: Two drawers each, moulded fronts, carved legs. Included as shown, available in any quantity.

Storage: Available with hydraulic lift-up storage or base drawers designed in.

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

Crystal-set buttons are the detail most easily damaged in transit, so the buttoned panels are bagged in breathable covers and every layer of packing after that bears on the carved frame rather than on the upholstered face.

The slim carved frame is the thinnest element on this bed, and thin carving snaps if it is unsupported, so it is foam-faced along its full length with the rose clusters at the shoulders given individual foam shells.

The pierced crest above the headboard is supported from both sides. Cabriole feet are collared in shaped foam along their curve, since carved feet take the knocks in any move.

Rails are bundled and edge-guarded, fittings sealed in a labelled pouch, and the chests packed with drawers secured and legs protected. Everything is crated together with handling instructions. Every photograph on this page is of the actual bed, taken before packing - real furniture, not a render.

Delivery is free across India and included in the price you are quoted, with no freight, packing or handling charge appearing later.

Production begins once your size, fabric, buttons and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own bed as the curve is cut, the frame finished and the panels upholstered.

On arrival the bed is carried in and assembled in your bedroom: headboard and footboard joined to the rails, everything levelled to your floor, the upholstery checked over, and the bedside chests placed where you want them. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right when you see it, tell us and we will make it right.

Twenty years of warranty cover the solid teak frame and joinery: the shaped headboard structure, the footboard, the side rails, the carved feet and every joint between them. Serpentine rails are cut from thicker stock than straight ones so the curve does not create a weak section, and that construction is what the warranty stands behind.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with it for as long as the bed is yours, backed by teak's natural resistance and confirmed in writing.

Re-covering is simple later on. We keep the specification of your exact bed on file, including the serpentine profile and the buttoning grid, so a new panel follows the same line and sits into the carved frame exactly as the first did. Buttons and crystals can be changed at the same time, the finish refreshed, and fittings replaced with parts made for your piece. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain it beforehand.