Royal Luxury Handcrafted Carved Teak Velvet Bed | Gold Tufted Headboard Design

The story of velvet on royal beds

Velvet was for centuries a status fabric before it was a comfortable one. Weaving it requires two layers of cloth to be woven face to face and then cut apart on the loom, doubling the thread consumption and demanding a weaver skilled enough to keep the cut even. That cost is why velvet appeared on thrones, canopies and state beds long before it reached ordinary furniture.

India's connection to it runs deep. Mughal workshops produced silk velvets with metal-thread grounds for court use, and velvet hangings framed the beds and canopies of princely households well into the twentieth century. When European carved forms entered Indian palaces, velvet was already the expected upholstery, and the pairing of gilded carving with a velvet panel became a settled convention.

Our artisans still upholster these panels by hand, stretching the velvet with the pile running in one consistent direction across the whole panel. Get that direction wrong between two adjacent panels and the same fabric will read as two different colours. It is a detail nobody notices when it is right and everybody notices when it is wrong, and it is a fair test of whether a bed was upholstered by a craftsman or assembled in a hurry.

Specification

• Frame: solid teak wood, hand carved in a baroque style
• Finish: antique gold over hand-carved scrollwork and shell crest
• Headboard: tall shaped headboard with velvet tufted panel and carved side wings
• Footboard: scrolled serpentine footboard with velvet tufted panel
• Upholstery: beige velvet, colour and grade customisable
• Legs: carved cabriole legs
• Sizes: king size, queen size, double or fully custom sizes made to order
• Storage: optional hydraulic or drawer storage in the base
• Side tables: matching gold-finished bedside chests available on request
• Construction: made to order, handcrafted by master Indian artisans

We do not publish fixed dimensions or weight, because every bed is built around the buyer's mattress and room. Send your mattress size and ceiling height and we will confirm the finished footprint and headboard height in writing before production.

Packaging

Velvet is packed differently from every other upholstery material because pile crushes under sustained pressure and does not always recover. The velvet panels are covered in a breathable non-woven cloth, then a thick soft foam layer is laid so that nothing bears directly on the pile or on the button heads for the duration of transit.

The gold-finished carving is wrapped separately, with additional foam built up at the shell crest, the headboard wings, the footboard scrolls and the cabriole knees. No adhesive tape touches a finished or upholstered surface at any point.

The bed then goes into a wooden crate built to the individual piece with internal bracing. Hardware travels bagged and labelled inside the crate, which is marked for orientation and handling. Because this headboard is tall, crate height is often the limiting factor for lift access, so we will confirm exact crate dimensions with you before dispatch if you ask.

Shipping

We ship across India and accept international orders for this bed. It is made to order, so dispatch follows the production window confirmed to you in writing at the time of order.

Deliveries within India travel by covered transport with the crate braced against movement, delivered to your address. The tall headboard is the single largest component and the one most likely to be limited by lift height or a staircase turn. Please measure your access before production; where it is tight, the headboard can be engineered to separate at a concealed joint that disappears once assembled.

Home assembly is arranged in most Indian cities. The bed assembles as headboard, footboard, side rails and slats. International shipments are quoted per destination with export-grade crating and full documentation. Destination duties, taxes and customs clearance are the buyer's responsibility.

Warranty

Brown Rabbit warrants the solid teak frame, the joinery and the hand carving against manufacturing defects. If a joint loosens, a rail fails or a carved element cracks because of a fault in the making, we repair or replace it.

Upholstery workmanship, including button seating, pile direction and panel tension, is warranted against defects. Velvet pile flattening in areas of regular contact is normal behaviour for the fabric and is not a defect. Staining, marks from hair oil or cosmetics, pet damage and fading from direct sunlight are not covered, as they depend on use and placement.

The antique gold finish is warranted against flaking or lifting caused by defective application. Mellowing of the gold with age and light is expected. Damage from moisture, from cleaning with water or chemical agents, from independently arranged transport, or from repairs attempted by others is outside the warranty. Full terms are issued in writing with your order.