Gold Mirror in Carved Teak with a Shaped Cartouche Frame

Because the glass on this mirror is shaped rather than rectangular, it cannot be ordered until the frame exists.

On an ordinary mirror the glass is cut first to a stated size and the frame is made around it. Here the outline is a free curve - a series of hollows and swells that meet at points where the eye is unforgiving - and no two frames come off the bench identical to the drawing, because a carved and moulded curve is finished by eye.

So the sequence is reversed. The frame is built, moulded, carved and cleaned up complete. Then a template is taken from the finished rebate itself: a thin sheet pressed into the recess and scribed all the way round, following the frame as it actually is rather than as it was drawn.

The glass is cut to that template, so it sits into its rebate with an even margin the whole way round - no wide gap on one hollow and a tight point on another.

It means the glass is the last thing to arrive rather than the first. It is also the only way a shaped plate looks intentional.

Material: solid teak in the shaped frame, crest, carved sprays and back rail.

Outline: cartouche - waisted sides, swelled shoulders and hips, scrolled crest.

Glass: mirror plate cut to a template taken from the finished frame rebate, so the margin is even all round.

Carving: flower and scroll cluster at the crest, sprays at both lower shoulders and at the base centre, with plain moulded runs between.

Back: solid rail carrying the hanging fixings.

Finish: gilded by hand, with carved work burnished brighter than the moulded runs.

Made to order: size, outline proportion, carving and finish are all customisable. Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

A shaped plate has points and hollows in its edge, and the points are where glass is weakest, so each is padded individually before the plate is faced.

The plate is taped in a grid across its whole face so an impact cannot spread, then faced with foam and covered with a rigid board cut to the same outline.

The gilded frame takes acid-free tissue directly against the gold, then foam padding shaped along the moulding, then bubble wrap, with individual moulded foam blocks around the crest cluster and the three smaller carved sprays.

The mirror travels flat, never upright, in a hardwood crate with corner protection at every arris and clear orientation marking.

Hanging fixings are packed in a labelled bag taped to the back of the frame. Multi-layer protective packaging is included on every order at no extra cost.

Delivery is free anywhere in India, with guaranteed dent-free arrival. No distance charge, no size charge and no handling fee.

Production begins once your dimensions are confirmed in writing - and because the outline is a free curve, we agree the overall height and width and then draw the shape full size for your approval before cutting timber.

We photograph your actual mirror through the build: the full-size outline, the shaped frame, the carving, the gilding, and the finished mirror with the shaped plate fitted.

On site, our team unpacks it flat, marks the fixing position from the back rail and hangs it level.

Send us lift dimensions, stair turns and doorway widths ahead of dispatch so the route can be planned. Every photograph on this page is of the actual product, not a render.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the shaped frame members, the crest, the carved sprays and the back rail, along with every joint between them.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with the mirror and never expires. Teak's natural oils are its own defence and our warranty stands behind them.

The mirror plate and hanging fixings are covered against manufacturing defect.

The template taken from your frame is kept on file with your order number. On a shaped mirror that matters more than usual: a replacement plate can be cut to the original template rather than measured off the frame again, which is quicker and more accurate. The gilding specification is recorded alongside it. Contact us with your order number and we will arrange it.