Gold Showcase in Carved Teak with Arched Glazed Centre

The little silvered flowers dotted across this cabinet are not placed by measurement, and if they were, they would not work.

The obvious approach is to space them evenly - one at each corner, one at the centre of each panel, a regular grid across the carving. Done that way they read as studs, and studs applied to rococo scrollwork look like they were added by someone who did not understand it.

Their real job is punctuation. On a piece finished entirely in one metal, the eye can lose its place in a dense field of carving - there is nothing to fix on and everything shines. A cooler point of light gives it somewhere to rest.

Which means the correct distribution is the opposite of even. Our master Indian artisans stand the finished carcass up, step back to normal viewing distance, and mark the positions by eye - putting them densest where the carving is busiest and using them sparingly, or not at all, where the ornament is already calm. The rhythm follows the design rather than a grid.

Nobody counts them. The eye simply finds the cabinet legible instead of dazzling, which is the whole point.

Material: solid teak carcass, doors, drawers and frame, hand-carved. No veneer over board, no engineered board.

Configuration: arched glazed centre rising into a broken pediment, flanking glazed bays and glazed curved returns; closed bombe base with centre drawers and cupboards either side.

Interior: glass shelves with spacing to your requirement; adjustable supports available; interior lighting available; cupboard fitting planned with you.

Carving and finish: deep carving throughout with hand-applied gilding, silvered florette highlights placed by eye at viewing distance, figured panels in the base, carved scrolled feet, sealed for durability.

Sizes: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production, including access dimensions.

Warranty: 20 years on the solid teak carcass and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage.

The broken pediment above the cornice is the most projecting element and the most fragile; it is protected first, with shaped support on both faces so it cannot rock.

Glass shelves travel out of the cabinet, laid flat, interleaved and edge-guarded. Glazed doors are secured closed, braced and protected across each pane; the curved return panes stay in their housings under shaped formers.

Drawers and cupboard doors are secured shut and blocked.

A soft non-abrasive layer goes against the gilding first. The silvered florettes sit on the high points of the carving - exactly what a flat foam sheet would press against - so foam is shaped around the ornament rather than laid over it.

The bombe base is supported along its curve and each scrolled foot protected separately. The carcass enters a rigid outer crate with cushioning, corner protection and strapping. This is why dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Delivery is free across India - no freight charge, no distance surcharge, and no difference between a metro address and a smaller town.

Because every showcase is made to order, we confirm your finished dimensions, your shelf and storage layout and your access dimensions - doorway widths, stair turns, lift size - in writing before production begins. Where access requires it, the cabinet is built to separate into sections that assemble in the room, with the pediment fitted on site.

Once complete it is packed as described and dispatched with a carrier used to handling carved furniture and glass. You are contacted ahead of delivery so someone can be present.

Arrival is guaranteed dent-free. If any transit damage has occurred, photograph it while the delivery team is present and contact us - we will resolve it. On site the cabinet is levelled before the shelves are fitted.

The solid teak carcass and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty from the day the showcase reaches you - the frame, the glazed door construction and hinging, the glazing housings, the shelf supports, the drawer runners, the cupboard doors, and the cornice and pediment joints.

Lifetime cover against termite damage applies for the life of the furniture rather than a fixed number of years. Because the piece is seasoned solid teak throughout - carcass, doors, drawers, back and internal fittings - there is no board core anywhere for insects to reach.

If a warranty issue arises, send us photographs and we will assess and repair or replace. The silvered highlights are sealed separately from the gilding so they stay bright, and that sealing is covered - if a highlight darkens, it is a sealing fault and ours to correct. Glazed door alignment and drawer running are covered too. Both warranties apply anywhere in India.