Living Room Mirror in Gilded Teak with Deep Carved Acanthus Scrolls

The showy part of this mirror is the acanthus. The part that decides whether it looks right is the row of beads around the plate.

A beaded moulding is a repeating element, and a repeating element has to arrive at each corner cleanly. Run the beads at a standard pitch and you finish with a half bead in three corners out of four, which nobody can name but everybody notices. Our artisans set out each side separately, count the beads that will fit, and then adjust the pitch by a fraction of a millimetre across the whole run so a full bead lands exactly at each mitre.

Because the mirror is made to order in your dimensions, that count is redone from scratch for every single piece. The bead is not a stock moulding cut to length. It is set out for your frame, on your proportions, so that the tightest, most disciplined element in the design stays disciplined - and the acanthus around it is free to be as loose and unruly as it likes.

Material: solid teak throughout, hand-carved by master Indian artisans.

Construction: jointed rectangular frame carrying the plate rebate and beaded moulding; pierced acanthus surround and crest carved and joined to the frame; corners mitred and pinned.

Finish: gold gilding over the carved surface, burnished on the raised leaf tips. Silver, ivory, champagne, black with gold and natural teak are available as alternatives.

Plate: bevelled mirror glass as photographed; plain plate available on request. Bevel width set to suit the frame proportions.

Hanging: concealed fixings supplied, rated for the finished weight of the piece.

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

Photography: the images here are photographs of the actual product, not renders.

Openwork carving is the packing problem here. Acanthus leaves that stand clear of the frame have thin tips that can be caught by a careless hand long before they are troubled by a truck.

So the surround is wrapped in soft foam that is worked into the spaces between the leaves, supporting each tip from underneath instead of pressing on it from above. The crest, which projects furthest, is given a moulded cap of its own.

The plate is faced with film and backed with a cut board so the glass is never carrying load. The complete mirror then goes into laminated foam and bubble wrap, and finally into a fitted wooden crate that is marked for the correct orientation.

Multi-layer protective packaging comes as standard, and we guarantee the piece arrives dent-free. If it does not, we make it right.

Delivery is free anywhere in India. The price you see includes getting the mirror to your door, whichever state you are in.

Production starts once your size, finish and plate specification are confirmed in writing. We give you an honest production window at that point and keep you updated as the piece moves from carving to gilding to crating.

Shipment is tracked and our team stays reachable through it. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed, and the guarantee is on us to honour.

Large mirrors sometimes meet tight staircases and small lifts. Tell us about any access constraint when you order and we size the crate and plan the route accordingly, before the piece leaves the workshop.

The solid teak frame and its joinery carry a 20-year Brown Rabbit warranty. That means the rectangular carcass frame, the mitres, the joints where the acanthus panels meet the frame and the crest attachment - everything structural in the piece.

Running alongside it is a lifetime warranty against termite damage, for as long as the mirror is yours. Teak resists termites naturally through the oils in the timber, and we put that in writing rather than leaving it as a general claim about the wood.

Gilding is applied by hand and burnished by hand, so it carries small variations from one leaf tip to the next. That is how a hand-gilded surface is supposed to look and it is what separates it from a sprayed gold finish.

Written warranty terms come with the order, so you know exactly what is covered before production starts.