Luxury Side Table in Carved Teak - White with Gold Carved Mounts

There are two ways to put carved ornament on a drawer front. You can cut it into the front itself, or you can carve it separately and fit it on. Both are proper work, and they produce different objects.

Carving in place means the ornament and the ground are one piece of wood, and the ground has to be taken down around the design - so the whole front ends up modelled, with shadow across all of it. Carving separately leaves the front untouched and puts the relief only where you want it.

On a white and gold piece, the second way is the right one. Gold needs a flat, bright ground to read against, and a modelled white surface behind it would compete.

The difficulty is the curve. These drawer fronts are serpentine, so a mount fitted to the centre of one sits on a surface that is falling away in two directions. A flat-backed mount would rock, leave a gap at its edges, and eventually work loose.

So the back of every mount is hollowed to the exact curvature of the spot it will occupy - each one shaped to its own position, not to a standard. Move a mount two inches along the front and it no longer fits.

Our carvers number each mount and its location before anything is glued. The mount is then bedded so its edges meet the white surface with no visible line, which is the whole point of doing it this way.

Material: Solid teak throughout - case, both drawer boxes and serpentine fronts, top, carved mounts, apron and legs. No veneer over engineered board.

Construction: Separately carved gilded mounts with backs hollowed to the curvature of their exact positions, serpentine drawer fronts shaped from solid stock, gilded top edge line following the shaped outline, carved shell apron, cabriole legs with carved shoulders and scrolled toes.

Storage: Two drawers. Counts, depths and internal fittings are configurable.

Finish: White with hand-applied gold leaf on the mounts and top edge, as photographed. Any tone and gilding level can be specified.

Dimensions: Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

Available: Singly or as a matched pair.

Made: Handcrafted Indian luxury, produced to order by master Indian artisans.

The gilded mounts stand proud of a smooth white ground, which makes them the only raised points on the front and therefore the ones that take any contact. Foam is shaped to bridge over each mount, bearing on the white surface around it rather than on the gold - burnished leaf marks under pressure long before timber does.

The fine gilded line around the top edge runs along the most exposed edge of the piece and is padded along its full shaped length.

The case is wrapped in a soft, lint-free layer laid on without tension so it cannot burnish the white, then given contoured foam that follows the serpentine front continuously.

Both drawers are removed or secured shut so nothing can run out and strike a mount.

Each cabriole leg is sleeved along its sweep with a rigid guard over the scrolled toe, and the carved shell on the apron is guarded separately. The table then goes into a rigid outer carton braced internally. Ordered as a pair, each is crated separately. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Free delivery is included anywhere in India, with no distance surcharge and nothing added at the end. Metros, tier-two cities and smaller towns are served on the same terms, and a pair ships on the same free terms as a single table.

Production begins once your dimensions, drawer layout, mount placement and finish are confirmed in writing. Each mount is carved and fitted to its own position and gilding needs curing time between stages, so we give you an honest timeline and keep you updated as the piece progresses.

We dispatch through carriers experienced with gilded and carved furniture, and send tracking details as soon as it leaves us.

On arrival our team brings the table in, positions it, checks it stands true and that the drawers run cleanly, and removes all packaging. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed - if anything is not right, tell us and we will resolve it.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the case, both drawer boxes and their serpentine fronts, the carved apron, the mounts and every leg joint.

The mounts are covered because of how they are fitted rather than in spite of being separate pieces. Each back is hollowed to the exact curvature of its position, so it beds flush along its whole footprint instead of touching at two points - which is what makes an applied mount work loose over years on a curved front.

The serpentine fronts are shaped from solid teak rather than bent and faced, so nothing can lift along the sweep.

The cabriole legs are carved from solid stock with the curve following the grain, and the carved shoulder above each adds section where the leg meets the case.

The teak carries a lifetime warranty against termite damage for as long as you own the piece, from the oils in the timber rather than the paint over them.

If anything covered needs attention, send us your order details and photographs and our artisans will handle the repair or replacement.