Marble Top Console Table in Gilded Teak with Pierced Apron

A console has a structural problem no other table has: it is long, it is shallow, and everything gets put on the front of it.

Think about how one is used. Keys, a lamp, a tray, someone leaning a hand on the edge while they take off their shoes - all of it lands near the front, and the front is only a foot or so from the back legs. That geometry means a console is far closer to tipping forward than its size suggests, and a heavy stone top raises the centre of gravity further.

Two things answer it. The first is the stretcher: tying the four legs together low down stops them splaying, which is what would otherwise let the frame lean before it tips. The second is depth in the top joints - the apron rails are made deep front to back where they meet the legs, so the frame resists being folded forward rather than relying on the legs alone.

Where a console is being loaded heavily, or where children are around, we also fit a discreet wall cleat at the back. Tell us at enquiry and it is built in from the start rather than added later.

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

Top: red veined marble, cut and polished with a moulded edge to the shape of the frame. Other stones can be specified.

Apron: pierced scrolling foliage along the full length with a carved central cartouche.

Legs: carved cabriole legs with foliate knees, finishing in scrolled feet.

Stretcher: serpentine stretcher tying all four legs, with a carved central shell and turned finial.

Finish: hand-applied gold over the carving. Silver, champagne, antiqued tones or plain polished teak are also available.

Wall fixing: a discreet wall cleat can be built in - specify at enquiry.

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 stone travels separately from the base. A slab left on a pierced apron would put its whole weight onto the carved bridges during a journey, which is not what they are there to carry while moving.

It is edge-protected all round with dense foam, faced with a soft layer and carried flat between rigid boards - never on edge.

On the base, foam is fitted into the apron openings so the pierced carving cannot flex, with a continuous strip along the full length. The cabriole knees, the scrolled feet and the stretcher finial each get shaped collars. A soft non-abrasive layer covers all the gilded surfaces first. Corrugated panels build a rigid shell, the base is blocked and braced, and both outer cartons are edge-reinforced. Everything unwraps by hand, and the top is placed on arrival.

Free PAN-India delivery is included in the price, stone and base together - no zone rates, no distance surcharge, no charge for the weight of the slab. The same cost delivered to Chennai as to Chandigarh.

Dent-free arrival is guaranteed. Both cartons leave in multi-layer protective packaging, travel with handlers briefed on stone and pierced gilded carving, and are checked at every transfer point. If anything is not right when you open either, tell us and we make it right - the guarantee sits with us, not with the transporter.

Because the console is made to order, production begins once your dimensions, stone and finish are confirmed in writing. Send the wall length you are working with at enquiry - a console is the one piece where the size of the wall, not the room, decides the size of the furniture. We give a realistic timeline and a dispatch note with an expected delivery window.

The solid teak base and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the top frame, the pierced apron rails, the leg joints, the legs and the stretcher. 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 console is yours.

A console carries a stone top on a shallow frame for decades, with the load always towards the front. That is a demanding case, and it is precisely what a twenty-year term on the joinery is written for. 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.