Low Centre Table in Carved Teak with Ivory and Gold Finish

The single most consequential number on a centre table is its height, and almost nobody is told what it should be.

The working rule is that the top should sit level with the seat of your sofa, or up to a couple of inches below it. Level is the easiest to use - a cup can be set down and picked up without leaning. Slightly below reads as more relaxed and makes the seating look taller and more comfortable. Above the seat line is the one thing to avoid: a table that stands proud of the cushions cuts across the front of the sofa visually, and every drink on it is at an awkward reach.

Standard tables ignore all of this, because they are made to one height and sold to everyone. Sofa seat heights vary widely, and a formal carved sofa often sits higher than a modern one.

So we ask for the seat height at enquiry and build to it. This table is deliberately at the low end of the range, which suits a deep seat and a wide room - but the number is not fixed. Tell us what you are placing it against, and the table is made for that sofa rather than for an average.

Structure: solid teak throughout, hand-carved by master Indian artisans, with traditional joinery at every junction.

Top: shaped oval with a marbled field around an ivory centre, bordered in gold.

Frieze: carved gilded run around the full perimeter.

Sides: ivory panels divided by fluted and marbled pilasters.

Feet: large gilded acanthus scroll feet carved from solid blanks.

Finish: hand-applied ivory with a marbled banding tone and gilded carving. All tones are set by you, and a single-tone finish is available.

Height: set by you - we recommend level with, or slightly below, your sofa seat height.

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

Photography: images on this page are of the actual product, not renders.

The gilded corner scrolls stand out beyond the body on every side, and they sit low - which makes them the first thing to meet a doorframe or a threshold.

Each gets a deep shaped foam collar that stands proud of the carving. The gilded frieze around the perimeter is covered with a continuous foam strip, and the pilasters are collared individually.

An ivory finish marks more readily than a dark polish, so a soft non-abrasive layer goes over every surface first, laid smoothly with no folds. A rigid panel is fitted over the shaped top, bearing on its gold border rather than on the marbled field. Corrugated panels then build a rigid shell, the base is blocked and braced, and the outer carton is edge-reinforced so stacked weight in transit is carried by the packaging. Everything unwraps by hand.

Free PAN-India delivery is included in the price - no zone rates, no distance surcharge, no freight line at checkout. The table costs the same delivered to Trivandrum as to Tirupati.

Dent-free arrival is guaranteed. It leaves in multi-layer protective packaging, travels with handlers briefed on pale painted and gilded finishes, and is checked at every transfer point. If anything is not right when you open it, tell us and we make it right - the guarantee sits with us, not with the transporter.

Because the table is made to order, production begins once your size, height and finish tones are confirmed in writing. Send your sofa seat height at enquiry so we can set the table height against it. You get a realistic timeline, updates through carving and finishing, and a dispatch note with an expected delivery window.

The solid teak structure and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the shaped body, the frieze rails, the pilasters and the joints where the scroll feet meet the base. If a joint opens or a member fails within those twenty years, we repair or replace it.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs alongside it and never expires. Teak's natural oils are what termites avoid, and our seasoning and finishing routine is built around preserving them, so the timber is guaranteed for as long as the table is yours.

On a low table the whole weight sits on four carved scrolls rather than on straight legs, so those joints do more work than they appear to. They are covered in full. All of it is built from start to finish in our own workshop by the master Indian artisans who make everything we sell, from timber we season ourselves.