Dressing Table with Storage in Carved Teak - White and Gold Pedestals

A curved carcass is one of the genuine tests of cabinetmaking. A square box is four flat panels and four corners; a bowed pedestal has no flat panel anywhere on its front, which means the door has to be curved, its frame has to be curved, and the shelves inside have to follow the same radius or they will not fit.

The door is the hardest part. A curved door has to swing without binding against a curved opening, which means the hinge line and the radius have to agree exactly - a few millimetres out and the door either catches or stands proud when closed.

Most workshops avoid the problem by making the front flat and rounding only the corners. Our master Indian artisans build the front as a true curve, laminating the door and its frame around a former so the shape is permanent rather than cut from thick stock, and hang it on hinges set to the radius. It is several days of extra work on each pedestal, and it is the difference between a piece that looks curved and one that is.

Material: Solid teak throughout, including pedestal carcasses, doors, bridging top, mirror frame and feet.

Structure: Two rounded pedestal cupboards - bowed fronts, curved outer corners, panelled sides - carrying a bridging top between them at a lower level to form the kneehole.

Storage: Full-height cupboard in each pedestal, interiors arranged to what you keep: adjustable shelves, hanging rail, divided trays. Drawers can be added above the cupboard doors.

Top: Carved gadrooned edge along the bridge, moulded and stepped pedestal tops.

Mirror: Glass cut to a scrolled outline in a carved frame with a crest and scrolled sides.

Feet: Carved scroll feet.

Finish: White with gold-picked carving as shown, and available in ivory, champagne, walnut, espresso or natural teak, with gilding heavier, finer or omitted.

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

Curved components have no flat face to pack against, so each pedestal is crated to its own profile with shaped support following the bow of the front rather than pressed against a straight board.

Cupboard doors are secured shut and their curved edges guarded, since a curved door edge is the first thing to catch in a doorway.

The bridging top travels with its carved gadrooned edge protected along its full length, and the carved scroll feet are collared individually.

The shaped mirror travels in its own rigid crate: glass cut to a scrolled outline is more fragile than a rectangle because it has points and concave curves, so it is faced with foam board and the frame edge-guarded around every part of its profile.

White and gilded surfaces are covered first in a soft non-abrasive layer. Everything is crated together with handling instructions. Every photograph here shows the actual furniture before packing - not a render.

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

Production begins once your sizes, internal layout and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own dressing table as the pedestals are shaped and the carving cut.

On arrival the two pedestals are carried in and positioned, the bridging top set between them and everything levelled against your floor - important here, because two separate carcasses have to sit at exactly the same height for the bridge to run true. The mirror is then mounted at the height you want. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right, tell us and we will make it right.

The solid teak carcasses and joinery are covered for 20 years - both pedestals, the bridging top, the mirror frame and the feet.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with it for as long as you own the piece, backed by teak's own resistance and confirmed in writing.

Curved doors are the part most likely to need adjusting over a long life, since they swing against a curved opening with very little tolerance. They can be re-hung and adjusted, and because we keep the exact radius and hinge specification for your piece on file, that work follows the original rather than being guessed at.

Shaped mirror glass is replaceable to its scrolled outline, shelves can be added or repositioned, and the finish cleaned back and re-laid. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain what it involves before starting.