Hand-Carved Teak Wood Wall Mirror | Antique Bronze Openwork Scroll Frame

The Story Behind This Mirror

An aged bronze finish is built, not bought. It starts as metal leaf laid by hand over the carved frame, exactly as a gilded piece would be - and then the work begins. The surface is darkened and worked back in stages, deepening in the recesses and lifting at the raised edges, until the frame looks like a piece that has been in a house for decades rather than one finished last week. Rush that sequence and the result reads as brown paint; take it properly and the metal still glints where a hand would have polished it over the years.

The carving comes first, in seasoned solid teak. The scrolls are cut in layers and undercut so leaves pass over and behind one another, then the ground between them is pierced right through - the point of no return, since the frame becomes mostly air and every rib left has to carry the glass. The shoulder volutes are shaped from thick stock so they turn in a true round rather than a flattened curve. The spreading base is set out last, because its width is judged against the finished frame rather than drawn in advance.

Factual specification for this hand-carved teak wood antique bronze wall mirror:

• Material: Solid teak wood, hand-carved (no veneer, no engineered wood)
• Style: Baroque pierced scrollwork with a spreading base
• Finish: Dark antique bronze, hand-laid and worked back in stages so recesses darken and raised edges lift; the same design is available in gold, antique gold, silver or a dark wood polish
• Frame detail: Carved plume crest, layered acanthus C-scrolls pierced through on all four sides, large rounded scrolled volutes at both shoulders, wide spreading carved apron at the base centred on a shell, beaded inner border to the glass
• Glass: Rectangular mirror plate, near-square proportion as photographed
• Orientation: Wall-mounted, portrait as photographed
• Size: Custom sizes made to order - share your wall dimensions and we will quote
• Make: Made to order, handcrafted by master Indian artisans
• Photography: Actual product photos and video shared before dispatch
• Delivery: Pan-India, free shipping

Packaging and Transit Protection

The wide spreading base is the most exposed part of this frame - it projects furthest at the widest point of the piece and takes any impact first - so it is wrapped before anything else, in high-density foam shaped around the openwork rather than pressed flat against it. The plume crest, the shoulder volutes and every outer scroll tip are then wrapped individually and taped clear of the finish so no adhesive touches the bronze.

The pierced sections are faced with foam sheet on both sides and blocked, so nothing can press into an opening and snap a rib. The plate is covered with a shatter-retention film and rigid-board backed. The frame is sleeved in a continuous foam blanket, corner-guarded at all four corners and blocked into a fitted wooden crate with foam on every face, sized so the spreading base has clearance rather than sitting against the crate wall. The crate is marked for orientation and fragility, strapped, sealed and photographed before dispatch.

Shipping and Delivery

Every piece is carved and finished after you order. Typical lead time is 4 to 6 weeks from confirmation, and the antiqued bronze adds time over a plain gilt because the tone is worked back in stages with curing between them. Enlarging the frame or increasing the piercing density pushes it to the longer end. The exact timeline is confirmed in writing at order and we share progress photographs once the scrollwork is cut and again after finishing, so you approve the actual tone before it ships - important on an antiqued piece, where the depth of ageing is a judgement call.

Delivery is free anywhere in India. We arrange and manage transport and our team coordinates unloading and placement at your address rather than leaving a crate at the gate. Please tell us in advance about stairs, lift dimensions or society service-entry restrictions so the route can be planned - note the crate is sized to the spreading base, so it is wider than the glass. International orders are quoted case by case.

Craftsmanship Assurance and Care

Our craftsmanship assurance covers the solid teak frame and the hand-carving. If a joint opens, a pierced rib fails or a carved element separates because of a fault in the making - rather than through impact, misuse, an unsuitable wall fixing or an attempted self-repair - we repair or replace the piece. Glass breakage after delivery and water damage sit outside the assurance. The variation in tone across the frame is a designed part of an antiqued finish, not unevenness.

Use a clean dry soft brush through the pierced scrollwork, the plume crest and the spreading base, working in the direction the leaves lie - a cloth catches on the undercut tips and can break the finest of them. A soft dry cloth suits the beaded inner border. Never use water, chemical polish, alcohol or ammonia-based cleaners on the finish; an antiqued bronze is built up in worked stages and a stripped patch will not match its surroundings at any point. Spray glass cleaner onto the cloth rather than at the plate so nothing runs into the carving behind it. Keep the mirror out of direct sunlight and away from heat and air-conditioner outflow, and mount on a solid wall with anchors rated above its weight.