Red Velvet Bed in Carved Teak - Gold Openwork Footboard and Crest

Red and gold together is one of the oldest decorative pairings there is, and it survives because of how the two behave in low light. Gold reflects whatever light reaches it; deep red absorbs almost everything and gives back only the warm end. Put them side by side under a lamp and the gold looks brighter than it is and the red looks deeper than it is. Each exaggerates the other.

The openwork footboard comes from a different instinct - the wish not to close a room off. A solid footboard ends the bed with a wall; a pierced one ends it with a pattern you can see through, so the floor continues beyond it and the room keeps its depth.

Cutting it is slow work. Every opening is drilled and then cut out and shaped by hand from both faces, and the thin sections left between openings have to be judged constantly: too thin and they are fragile, too thick and the pattern turns solid. Our master Indian artisans work the pattern along the grain so that each of those sections runs with the strength of the wood rather than across it.

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

Headboard: Fully buttoned velvet panel in a fine diamond grid with a shaped arched top, set in a pierced carved frame with a tall openwork crest and carved shoulder wings.

Footboard: Carved right through in continuous openwork scroll and leaf, with a moulded top rail, carved apron and carved corner posts on shaped feet.

Upholstery: Shown in deep red velvet, and made in any fabric and colour you choose.

Finish: Shown in gold, and available in silver, ivory, antique bronze or natural teak tones.

Bedside chests: Bowed fronts, single drawers, carved corners, gold detail over an ivory ground. Included as shown, 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.

The pierced footboard is the most delicate large component we ship, and it is packed accordingly: shaped foam pressed into the openwork from both faces so every thin section is supported, then a rigid box with corner protection, then a crate. Nothing is left free to flex.

The headboard crest, also pierced, is treated the same way, and the carved shoulder wings are blocked individually since they project furthest.

Velvet marks more easily than any other upholstery, so the panel is bagged first in a breathable cover and nothing firm touches the pile at any stage. Gilded surfaces are covered in a soft non-abrasive layer, because gold leaf objects to friction more than to weight.

Rails are bundled and edge-guarded, fittings sealed in a labelled pouch, chests packed with drawers secured and carved feet collared. Everything is crated together with handling instructions. 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 price you are quoted. Nothing for freight, packing or handling is added later, whatever the distance.

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 openwork is cut, the gilding laid and the velvet upholstered.

On arrival the bed is carried in and assembled in your bedroom: headboard and footboard joined to the rails, everything levelled to your floor, the velvet checked over, and the bedside chests placed 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.

The solid teak frame and joinery are covered for 20 years, and on this bed that warranty is doing real work at the footboard, because a panel carved right through has to carry the corner posts and the end of the frame with far less material than a solid one. It is engineered for that, and guaranteed for it.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with it for as long as the bed is yours, backed by teak's own resistance and confirmed in writing.

Velvet is the element most likely to change with a room, and re-covering is straightforward: we work from the specification of your exact bed, which we keep on file, so a new panel is cut to the same arched line and buttoned to the same grid. Gilding can be cleaned back and re-laid the same way, and fittings replaced with parts made for your piece. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain it to you beforehand.