Four Poster Bed in Carved Teak - Silver Finish with Tufted Headboard

Silver behaves differently from gold on carved wood, and the difference is worth knowing before choosing. Gold is warm and adds light to a room. Silver is cool and does something closer to the opposite: it reads as shadow and highlight rather than as glow, which makes carved relief look sharper and more architectural. On a bed with this much depth of carving, that sharpness is the point.

Carving a post along its whole length is a discipline of its own. A post is a cylinder, so every band has to run true around it, and there is no flat face to work from. The carver turns the blank constantly, cutting a little at each pass, because taking one band to its final depth before starting the next makes the post drift out of round.

Our master Indian artisans carve the four posts as a set, moving between them band by band rather than finishing one and beginning the next. It is slower, and it is the only way four hand-carved posts end up genuinely matching each other at the corners of one bed.

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

Posts: Four tall corner posts carved along their full height in bands of leaf, gadroon and scroll, with carved bud finials and carved moulded bases.

Headboard: Buttoned upholstered panel with a shaped arched top, in a carved and pierced scroll frame rising to an open centre crest.

Footboard: Deep relief carving in scroll, acanthus and a central shell across the full width, with carved corner volutes.

Upholstery: Made in the fabric and colour of your choice.

Finish: Shown in silver with darker recesses, and available in gold, antique bronze, ivory or natural teak tones.

Canopy: A canopy frame with or without curtain rods can be added across the posts.

Bedside chests: Bowed carved fronts, two drawers each. Included as shown, available in any quantity.

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

Posts carved along their full length have no smooth section to grip or pack against, so each one is wrapped in a soft layer that follows its bands and then supported in a shaped cradle within its own long box. The bud finials are collared separately so nothing presses on the turned tips.

The pierced headboard crest is foam-faced from both sides so the open centre is supported, and the buttoned panel is bagged in a breathable cover to keep the fabric clean.

The footboard, with its deep relief and projecting volutes, is blocked at every high point so packing bears on the blocks rather than on the carving. Silver leaf marks under friction, so every finished surface is covered in a non-abrasive layer first.

Bases are boxed separately and marked for two-person handling. Rails are bundled, fittings pouched. Everything is crated together with handling instructions. Every photograph on this page is of the actual bed, taken 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 appearing afterwards.

Production starts once your size, post height, fabric and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own bed as the posts are carved band by band and the finish laid.

On arrival the bed is carried in and assembled in your bedroom: bases positioned and levelled, posts stood and joined to the rails, headboard and footboard fitted, and the bedside chests placed. Tell us your ceiling height and access when you order, since the posts are long single components. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right when you see it, tell us and we will fix it.

The solid teak frame and joinery are covered for 20 years, and on a four poster the joints that matter most are where the posts meet the rails and the bases. Those carry the full height of the posts and every push against them, and they are cut and fitted for exactly that - which is what this warranty stands behind.

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

Because we keep the specification of your exact bed on file, anything made later fits it: a canopy frame added years after the bed itself, replacement fittings, an extra bedside chest, or a matching dresser. The silver finish can be cleaned back and re-laid to refresh it, and the buttoned panel re-covered to the same grid. Our own master Indian artisans do all of it, and we set out what the work involves before we start.