Pedestal Side Table in Silver Teak with Two Carved Drawers

A table on one pedestal has to earn its stability, because it has no legs spreading out to catch a push.

Four legs give a table a wide footprint automatically - tip it and one leg is always out there resisting. A pedestal has only its plinth, and the temptation is to make that plinth as small as the design will allow, because a large one looks heavy.

So the balance is worked out rather than guessed. The plinth is made wider than the top's overhang requires, and the extra width is disguised by a moulding that steps in as it rises, so the eye reads a smaller foot than the table actually stands on.

Inside, the pedestal is not a hollow column. A cross-halved bearer is jointed into the plinth and runs up inside the waist to meet the underside of the drawer case, so the load from the top passes down through solid timber into the centre of the plinth rather than through the outer skin of the column.

The result is a table you can lean a hand on without thinking about it, which is what a side table beside a bed or a sofa is for.

Material: solid teak in the top, drawer boxes, drawer fronts, pedestal, internal bearer and plinth.

Top: half round - flat back, semicircular front - with a gilded edge moulding.

Drawers: two full-width drawers with deep carved foliate fronts and carved pulls, on side runners with stops.

Base: waisted carved pedestal on a moulded oval plinth, with a cross-halved internal bearer carrying the load into the plinth centre.

Carving: foliate drawer fronts, scrolled leaf to the pedestal face, moulded plinth.

Finish: soft silver over the whole piece with gold applied by hand to the high points of the carving.

Made to order: height, width, depth, drawer count and finish are all customisable. Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

A pedestal table is top-heavy in its crate, so it is packed to be carried and set down by its plinth rather than by its top.

The plinth is left accessible and the crate is marked accordingly, with lift points shown on the outside.

Acid-free tissue goes directly against the silver finish across the whole piece, then foam sheet, then bubble wrap, with rigid board across the half-round top and a protective strip along its gilded edge moulding.

Both drawers are removed and wrapped individually, labelled with their positions, so the runners carry no load in transit.

The deep carving on the drawer fronts stands proud, so foam is pressed around each raised element rather than across it.

The table ships in a hardwood crate with corner protection at every arris. Multi-layer protective packaging is included on every order at no extra cost.

Delivery is free anywhere in India, with guaranteed dent-free arrival. There is no distance charge, no size charge and no handling fee.

Production begins once your dimensions are confirmed in writing. We photograph your actual table through the build - the pedestal and its internal bearer before the case goes on, the carving, the silver finish, the gold highlighting and the finished piece.

On site, our team places and levels the table on its plinth and refits both drawers in their marked positions.

Send us lift dimensions, stair turns and doorway widths ahead of dispatch so the route can be planned. Every photograph on this page is of the actual product, not a render.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the top, the drawer boxes, the pedestal, the internal bearer and the plinth, along with every joint between them. On a pedestal table those joints do all the work, and they are built and guaranteed accordingly.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with the table and never expires. Teak's own oils are its first protection and our warranty is the second.

Drawer runners and hardware are covered against manufacturing defect.

The silver and gold finish is applied by hand and recorded against your order number, so a later retouch is matched to what was actually used rather than approximated. Contact us with your order number and we will arrange it.