Dressing Table with Chest of Drawers in Carved Teak - Ivory Corner Unit

A bow front is one of those details that costs a great deal and announces itself very quietly. From the front you barely register it; from an angle, the light travels across the curve instead of stopping flat, and the drawer reads as furniture rather than as a box.

There are two ways to make one. The quick way is to bend a thin sheet over curved formers and face it. The slow way, and the one our artisans use here, is to take stock thick enough to contain the whole curve and shape it away - the drawer front starts as a heavy solid teak block and finishes as a curve with the grain sweeping continuously across it.

The consequence is in the details that follow. The carved cartouche on the front has to be cut into an already curved surface, so the carver works on a shape that falls away under the chisel in two directions at once. The drawer sides then have to be jointed into a front that is thicker at the centre than at the edges, which means the joint is cut to a varying depth by hand.

Three drawers built this way take longer than a dozen flat ones. It is the reason the vanity side of this piece feels different from the chest beside it, even before you notice why.

Material: Solid teak throughout - chest carcass, vanity carcass, all drawer boxes, shelves, mirror frame and legs. No veneer over engineered board.

Construction: Bow-front drawers shaped from solid stock, hand-carved cartouche panels on drawer fronts, carved scrolled apron and mirror crest, hand-shaped cabriole legs with carved feet, carved shaped base under the chest.

Storage: Six drawers and two open shelves in the tall chest, three bow-front drawers in the vanity. Counts, depths, shelf heights and internal fittings are configurable.

Configuration: Chest on the left as photographed, or mirrored to the right. The two parts can be built to separate later.

Finish: Ivory as photographed. Any tone and sheen can be specified instead.

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

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

The two halves travel as separate protected units, and the mirror travels as a third. That keeps each package a manageable size for stairwells and lifts, and it means no single crate carries enough weight to strain its own bracing.

Each carcass is wrapped in a soft non-abrasive layer laid straight onto the ivory finish, then covered in shaped foam. The curved drawer fronts get contoured padding that follows the bow across its full width, since a curve has no flat face to rest on, and the carved cartouches are bridged rather than pressed.

The open shelves in the chest are packed with internal supports so they cannot flex, and every drawer is removed or secured shut so nothing can slide and strike a front. Cabriole legs and carved feet are individually guarded.

The arched mirror is faced, backed with a rigid board and padded around the carved crest and scrolled sides. All three units go into rigid, internally braced outer cartons. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed, and our team assembles the composition in your room.

Free delivery is included anywhere in India, with no distance charge and no fee added at the end. Metros, tier-two cities and smaller towns are all covered on the same terms.

Production starts once your dimensions, orientation, drawer and shelf layout and finish are confirmed in writing. This is a two-part build with nine drawers, so we give you a realistic timeline then and keep you updated as it moves through shaping, carving, drawer building, assembly and finishing.

We dispatch through carriers experienced with carved solid wood and mirrored furniture, and you receive tracking details as soon as it leaves us.

On arrival our team brings all three units in, positions the chest and vanity, joins and levels them against your wall, mounts the mirror and removes every piece of packaging. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed - tell us if anything is not right and we will resolve it.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty across both halves - the chest carcass and its six drawer boxes, the vanity carcass and its three bow-front drawers, the shelves, the cabriole legs, the carved base and the mirror frame.

Bow-front drawers deserve specific mention within that. Because each front is shaped from solid teak rather than bent from a thin skin over formers, there is no glue line holding a curve under tension - the curve is simply the shape of the wood. Bent-and-faced fronts are where curved drawers usually fail; these have nothing to delaminate.

The tall chest is covered on the same terms. A narrow tower with six loaded drawers places real demand on its carcass joints, which is why they are traditionally jointed solid teak rather than fixed panel.

The teak also carries a lifetime warranty against termite damage for as long as you own the piece. If anything covered needs attention, send us your order details and photographs and the artisans who built it will handle the repair or replacement.