Royal Mirror in Gilded Teak with a Cameo Crest and Figures

Figure carving is the one part of this work that cannot be corrected, and that is why it begins in clay rather than in wood.

Ornament can be adjusted as it is cut. A leaf that comes out heavy can be taken back; a scroll that runs short can be extended into its neighbour. Nothing is committed until quite late.

A figure is different. The moment a shoulder is cut too deep, or a face set at the wrong angle, there is no material left to bring it back - and unlike a leaf, everyone looking at it knows immediately when it is wrong, because everyone knows what a person looks like.

So our carvers model each figure first in clay, at the size it will be carved, and work on that until the pose, the proportion and the fall of the drapery are right. The model can be changed a hundred times.

Only then is the timber roughed out, with the model beside the bench, and the figure brought down towards it in stages - measured from the model at several points rather than judged by eye.

The two side figures are modelled as a facing pair, not one copied and reversed, so each is at ease in its own position.

Material: solid teak in the frame, figures, cameo crest, finials, mask, mirrored border bars and back structure.

Crest: oval cameo medallion held between carved figures, with foliage and flowers spreading to urn finials at both upper corners.

Sides: full-height draped figure carved into each side, modelled as a facing pair.

Base: carved mask with ribbon between scrolled corners.

Glass: arched centre plate with a narrow mirrored border, divided by a moulded gilt bar.

Back: solid structure carrying the hanging fixings.

Finish: gilded by hand, raised faces burnished brighter than the grounds.

Made to order: size, figure design, border width, crest and finish are all customisable. Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

A mirror of this scale is packed as several items rather than one.

Both urn finials are removed and boxed individually. The centre plate and each border strip are taped, edge-padded and packed separately.

The figures stand proud of the frame and are its most valuable carving, so each is protected with foam moulded around it - built up in pieces around the form rather than pressed onto it - and then boxed within the main crate.

Acid-free tissue goes directly against all gilded surfaces before any foam, then shaped foam padding along the frame, then bubble wrap.

The cameo crest and the base mask are individually blocked.

Everything travels flat in hardwood crates, corner-protected and marked for orientation and lift points. Multi-layer protective packaging is included on every order at no extra cost.

Delivery is free anywhere in India, with guaranteed dent-free arrival - the same for a mirror of this size as for a small one. No distance charge, no size charge, no handling fee.

Production begins once your dimensions are confirmed in writing, and for a piece at this scale we agree the wall, the ceiling height and the hanging height before anything is cut.

We photograph your actual mirror through the build: the clay models for the figures, the frame, the carving, the gilding and the assembled mirror.

On site, our team unpacks it flat, fits the finials, marks the fixings into solid structure and hangs it level.

Send us lift dimensions, stair turns and doorway widths ahead of dispatch so the route can be planned in advance. 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 frame members, the arched head, the figures, the crest, the finials and the back structure, along with every joint between them.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with the mirror and never expires. Teak's natural oils are its own defence and our warranty stands behind them.

All plates and the hanging fixings are covered against manufacturing defect, and every plate size is recorded so a single border strip can be replaced without remaking the glass.

The clay models used for your figures are kept with your order number. On figure carving that is the only reliable way a damaged element can be re-carved to match the one opposite it. Contact us and we will arrange it.