Handcrafted Teak Wood TV Unit | Gold and Silver Leaf Open Display Console

The Story Behind This TV Unit

Three finishes meet on this piece and the difficulty is stopping them fighting. Gold leaf, silver leaf and red lacquer each behave differently on timber, each needs its own ground preparation, and each has to be masked while the others are laid. The sequence is fixed and cannot be varied: lacquer first, built up in coats and cut back to a depth that reads as colour rather than stain; then the grounds for the leaf; then silver, then gold, each laid by hand in overlapping sheets and burnished.

The carving is done long before any of that. The scroll volute ends are cut from thick solid stock with the grain running through the curve, since they carry the top. The centre panel is pierced clean through so the bay behind shows, and the urn within it is shaped from the solid. The rosette-and-lozenge friezes are the fussy runs - each rosette cut individually, spacing calculated so the repeat divides evenly along the top and base and turns the corners without a broken unit.

The bay interiors are gold-leafed before the glass shelves are fitted, so no leaf is laid around an obstruction.

Factual specification for this handcrafted teak wood open display TV unit:

• Material: Solid teak wood, hand-carved (no veneer, no engineered wood, no PVC)
• Style: Open display console with carved scroll ends, gold and silver leaf with lacquer accents
• Finish: Hand-laid and burnished gold and silver leaf with deep red hand-applied lacquer; leaf combination and lacquer colour both customisable
• Carved detail: S-scroll volute ends with carved rosette bosses, pierced openwork carved centre panel with urn and acanthus scrolls, carved rosette-and-lozenge friezes to top and base rails, stepped plinth, carved gadrooned feet
• Display: Open bays to both sides with glass shelves against gold-leafed backs; shelf count adjustable, and closed cabinets can be substituted for the open bays
• Glass: Glass display shelves - specify toughened glass at order if you prefer
• Screen: Suits a television standing on the top or wall-mounted above - confirm your screen size at order so the length is proportioned to it
• Size: Custom sizes made to order - share your wall length and preferred height and we will quote
• Delivery: Pan-India, free shipping

Packaging and Transit Protection

Almost every exposed surface on this console is leafed, which makes it one of the most contact-sensitive pieces we ship. The whole unit is faced with a soft interleaf before any foam touches it, and nothing adhesive is ever applied to a leafed surface. The pierced centre panel is wrapped in high-density foam shaped around its openwork rather than pressed flat against it, and the scroll volute ends - which project furthest and take any impact first - are wrapped individually.

All glass shelves are removed, each covered with a shatter-retention film, faced with rigid board and packed flat in their own foam-lined compartment. The carved feet are unshipped where the construction allows. The gold-leafed bay interiors are lined with interleaf so nothing rubs them during handling. Everything is corner-guarded and blocked into a fitted wooden crate with dense foam on every face, built to the weight, marked for orientation, fragility and lifting points, and photographed sealed before dispatch.

Shipping and Delivery

Every console is built, carved and finished after you order. Typical lead time is 8 to 10 weeks from order confirmation. The finishing is what sets the pace rather than the carving: lacquer, silver leaf and gold leaf each need their own ground and their own curing time, and they have to be laid in sequence with masking between - none of which can be compressed. The exact timeline is confirmed in writing at order and we share progress photographs after carving, after lacquering and after gilding.

Delivery is free anywhere in India. We arrange and manage transport, and our team unloads, fits the feet, refits the glass shelves, positions the console and levels it at your address rather than leaving crates at the gate. Please confirm doorway and stair widths and lift internal dimensions in advance, and tell us your floor type so we can supply protective pads. International orders are quoted case by case.

Craftsmanship Assurance and Care

Our craftsmanship assurance covers the solid teak carcass, the carving, the joinery, the shelf supports and the leaf and lacquer work. If a joint opens, a carved element separates or a shelf support fails because of a fault in the making - rather than through impact, misuse, overloading, water damage or an attempted self-repair - we repair or replace it. Glass breakage after delivery sits outside the assurance, though replacement shelves can be cut and fitted. Hand-laid leaf varies between pieces; that is hand finishing, not a defect.

Gold and silver leaf are thinner than paper. Dust the friezes, the pierced centre panel, the scroll ends and the feet with a clean dry soft brush only - never rub leaf with a cloth, which burnishes through it at raised edges. Silver leaf in particular dulls with moisture and household chemicals, so keep everything dry: never use water, chemical polish, alcohol or ammonia cleaners anywhere on the piece. Clean the glass shelves by spraying onto the cloth, never at the glass, so nothing runs onto the gold-leafed bay backs. Do not exceed the stated shelf loads, and keep the console out of direct sunlight.