Handcrafted Teak Wood TV Unit with Panel | Ivory and Gold Neoclassical Design

The Story Behind This TV Unit

Neoclassical work is judged on symmetry, and symmetry is unforgiving. Every shield cartouche has to sit dead on the centre line of its panel, every swag has to fall identically on both sides, and the lambrequin fringe along the base has to divide evenly across the full length and turn both rounded ends without a stretched or truncated pendant. All of that is arithmetic settled at the setting-out stage, before a chisel touches the timber - and it is recalculated for your exact dimensions rather than scaled from a standard.

The D-shaped console ends are the hard joinery. A curved carcass end has to be built up and shaped rather than simply cut, and the reeded band and lambrequin fringe both have to follow that curve without the repeat breaking where the straight run meets it.

The turned elements - the panel finials, the console legs, the ball capitals - are turned on the lathe and then carved and reeded by hand. Finally the ivory is built up in thin coats and cut back between each, and gold leaf is laid by hand across every carved and moulded element, burnished, then rubbed back at the high points.

Factual specification for this handcrafted teak wood neoclassical TV unit:

• Material: Solid teak wood, hand-carved and hand-turned (no veneer, no engineered wood, no PVC)
• Style: Neoclassical two-piece composition - crested back panel with D-ended console
• Finish: Hand-painted ivory built up in thin coats with hand-laid and burnished gold leaf on all carved and moulded work; paint colour and gold coverage customisable
• Back panel: Pierced carved gilt crest, reeded gilt band, turned gilt ball-and-spindle finials to both outer edges, framed pale centre field with carved gilt shield cartouche
• Console: Rounded D-shaped ends, four bowed fronts with gilt shield cartouches and swag drapery, reeded gilt band to the top, deep carved gilt lambrequin fringe along the base, turned tapering gilt legs with ball capitals
• Screen: Television mounts on the panel face, with bracket position and cable route planned into the panel at manufacture - confirm your model and mount at order
• Storage: Four closed fronts with internal shelving, ventilated equipment bays and cable routing
• Size: Custom sizes made to order - share your wall width and ceiling height and we will quote
• Delivery: Pan-India, free shipping, assembled on site by our team

Packaging and Transit Protection

Panel and console ship as separate consignments, with the crest, finials, legs and console fronts all unshipped and packed individually. The pierced crest and the lambrequin fringe are the two most fragile elements: the crest is wrapped in high-density foam shaped around its openwork, and the fringe - which is a run of unsupported pendants along the base - is foam-faced on both sides and blocked so nothing can press into it.

Every gilded edge is a point of contact risk, so the whole of both pieces is faced with a soft interleaf before any foam touches it, and nothing adhesive contacts leaf. The turned finials and legs are wrapped individually. The console fronts are packed flat and separated by rigid dividers so their gilt cartouches cannot rub together. The back panel travels flat in its own cross-braced crate with rigid boards on both faces so it cannot flex. All crates are skidded, built to the weight, marked for orientation, fragility and lifting points, and photographed sealed before dispatch.

Shipping and Delivery

Because the shield, swag and lambrequin repeats are calculated for your exact dimensions, this is genuinely made to measure. We take your wall width, ceiling height, television model and mount type, and issue a drawing for your approval before manufacture. Typical lead time is 10 to 14 weeks from drawing approval, extending for a larger composition, a bespoke colour or additional gold work, since hand-laying leaf across this much carved detail is a stage of its own.

Delivery is free anywhere in India. Our team transports, unloads and installs on site - securing and levelling the back panel, fitting the crest and finials, positioning the console, refitting the fronts and legs, and routing cabling to your television mount. Please confirm doorway and stair widths, lift internal dimensions, ceiling height and any service-entry restriction in advance. International orders are quoted case by case.

Craftsmanship Assurance and Care

Our craftsmanship assurance covers the solid teak panel and console, the carving, the turning, the joinery, the door and drawer runners and the gold-leaf work. If a joint opens, a carved element separates or a front runs badly because of a fault in the making - rather than through impact, misuse, water damage or work carried out by someone else - we repair or replace it. Hand-laid gold leaf and hand-applied paint vary slightly between pieces; that is hand finishing, not a defect.

Gold leaf is thinner than paper and is the most easily damaged finish we use. Dust the crest, finials, cartouches, reeded bands, lambrequin fringe and legs with a clean dry soft brush only - never rub gilt work with a cloth, which burnishes through the leaf at raised edges. A soft dry cloth suits the flat ivory fields and the console top. Never use water, chemical polish, alcohol or ammonia cleaners anywhere. The lambrequin fringe sits low and is easily caught by a vacuum cleaner or a foot, so be deliberate around it. Keep both pieces out of direct sunlight, which yellows ivory paint.