French Style Bed in Carved Teak - Ivory with Buttoned Headboard

The cabriole leg is the single detail that makes furniture look French, and it is a piece of engineering disguised as a curve. It swells outward at the knee, narrows through the shank and turns out again at the foot, which means the load travels down an S rather than a straight line. Done well it looks weightless. Done badly it looks like it is about to give way.

What makes it demanding is that it cannot be turned on a lathe. Each leg is cut from a solid block and shaped by hand from four faces, and the four have to agree with each other or the curve reads differently from the side than from the front.

Our master Indian artisans cut these legs in pairs, working them together so the two sides of the bed mirror each other exactly. The same instinct governs the heart cartouche at the centre of the headboard: it is carved separately and set over the upholstery, so the fabric can be replaced years later without disturbing the carving that sits on it.

Material: Solid teak throughout, including headboard frame, base rail, legs and the bedside chests.

Headboard: Tall shaped panel buttoned in a wide grid, carved heart cartouche applied at the centre, openwork carved frame with pierced crest and carved rosettes at the shoulders.

Base: Low carved base rail with running leaf ornament, no footboard, carried on hand-shaped cabriole legs with carved feet.

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

Finish: Shown in ivory with carving in a warmer tone, and available in soft white, blush, pale grey, natural teak tones, or with gilded carving.

Bedside chests: Bombe fronts, two drawers each, carved scroll aprons, cabriole legs. Included as shown and 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.

Ivory finishes show every mark, so nothing abrasive touches this bed at any stage. Every painted surface is covered first in a soft non-marking layer before firm packing goes anywhere near it.

The cabriole legs are the most vulnerable part of the piece, since they project and curve, and each one is collared in shaped foam along its full length and then boxed so no pressure can reach the knee or the foot.

The headboard's pierced crest and carved rosettes are foam-faced from both sides, and the buttoned panel is bagged in a breathable cover so the fabric stays clean. The base rail is edge-guarded along its carved lower edge.

The chests travel with drawers secured, bombe fronts foam-faced and legs collared individually. Fittings go into a labelled pouch of their own. Everything is crated together with handling instructions marked outside. The photographs on this page show the actual bed before packing - real product, not a render.

Delivery is free across India and included in the price you are quoted, with nothing for freight, packing or handling added afterwards.

Production starts once your size, fabric and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then, and send photographs of your own bed as the legs are shaped, the carving cut and the panel upholstered.

On arrival the bed is carried in and assembled in your bedroom: legs and rails joined, headboard fitted, everything levelled to your floor, 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 put it right.

The solid teak frame and joinery of this bed are covered for 20 years, and on a bed standing on cabriole legs rather than a plinth, that cover matters at the leg joints in particular, where the whole weight of the bed meets a shaped section of timber. Those joints are cut and fitted to take it, and the warranty stands behind them.

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

Because the heart cartouche is carved separately and applied over the upholstery, the fabric can be changed later without touching the carving - one of the reasons this design ages well. We hold the specification of your exact bed on file, so re-covering, refinishing and replacing fittings are all done to the original pattern by our own master Indian artisans, with the work and timeline explained to you first.