Maharaja Bed in Carved Teak - Gold Finish with Tufted Headboard

Flowers carved into furniture were once a way of bringing the garden indoors in a climate where you could not leave the windows open. Indian palaces are full of them - in stone jaali, in inlay, in the borders of painted ceilings - and the same vocabulary moved onto carved wood without much translation.

Carving them well is a matter of depth. A flower is a round form, so it has to be cut down into the block far enough that the petals separate and throw their own shadows. Cut shallow, it becomes a printed circle. That is why floral carving is the quickest way to tell hand work from machine work: a router follows one depth, a chisel follows the form.

Our master Indian artisans place the blossoms deliberately rather than evenly - clustered where the scrollwork turns, sparse where it runs straight - because regular spacing reads as pattern and irregular spacing reads as growth. It is the kind of decision that takes years to learn and a second to see.

Material: Solid teak throughout, including headboard, footboard, plinth blocks, rails and the bedside chests.

Headboard: Domed buttoned panel in a fine grid, carved frame with central shell crest and carved wings at the shoulders, floral scrollwork throughout.

Footboard: Tall buttoned panel across the full width, carved floral and acanthus swag from a central shell, heavy carved corner posts on moulded plinth blocks.

Upholstery: Buttoned panels made in the fabric and colour of your choice.

Finish: Shown in gold, and available warm or pale, bright or antiqued, or in silver, ivory or natural teak tones.

Bedside chests: Two drawers each with carved corner columns. Included as shown, and available in any quantity.

Storage: Available with hydraulic lift-up storage or base drawers designed in.

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

Carved flowers standing proud of the surface are the first thing to protect on this bed, because they are the highest points and they are round, so nothing sits flat against them. Each cluster is given shaped foam that surrounds it without pressing on the petals.

Gilded surfaces are then covered in a soft non-abrasive layer, since gold leaf objects to friction more than to weight. The shell crests at head and foot get their own foam shells, and the carved corner posts are collared individually.

Buttoned panels are bagged in breathable covers so the fabric arrives clean and the buttons unpressed. Plinth blocks, being heavy, are boxed separately and marked for two-person handling. Side rails are bundled and edge-guarded, fittings sealed in a labelled pouch.

Everything is crated together with handling instructions marked outside. Every photograph on this page is of the actual bed, taken before packing - real furniture, not a render.

Delivery is free across India and included in the quoted price. No freight, packing or handling charge is added later, whatever the distance from us to your home.

Production begins once your size, fabric and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline at that point, and send photographs of your own bed as the flowers are carved, the gilding laid and the panels upholstered.

On arrival the bed is carried in and assembled in your bedroom: plinth blocks positioned, headboard and footboard joined to the rails, everything levelled against your floor, and the bedside chests set where you want them. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right when you see it, tell us and we will make it right.

Twenty years of warranty cover the solid teak frame and joinery of this bed - the headboard and footboard structure, the corner posts, the plinth blocks, the side rails and every joint between them. On a bed this heavy at both ends, the rail joints carry real load, and they are cut and fitted for it.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs alongside for as long as the bed is yours, backed by teak's natural resistance and set out in writing.

Gilding is the finish people most often want refreshed after many years, and it can be: cleaned back and re-laid by our own master Indian artisans, working from the specification of your exact bed which we keep on file. Re-covering the buttoned panels to the same grid, and replacing drawer runners or pulls, are handled the same way. We tell you what the work involves and how long it will take before we begin.