Showcase with Drawers in Carved Teak with Turned Centre Column

Strong colour on furniture follows one rule, and this cabinet is built on it: colour goes in, never out.

A saturated colour advances visually - it comes towards the eye and reads as nearer and larger than a pale one at the same distance. That is harmless on a flat wall. On furniture it is not, because a piece is made of members that project and members that recede, and the eye is already using light and shadow to judge which is which.

Put the teal on a projecting moulding and the moulding grows. It looks thicker than it is, the shadow beneath it stops reading as depth, and the whole cabinet gains visual weight without gaining a single millimetre.

So our master Indian artisans put the colour only where the surface is flat and recessed - the door panels, the drawer grounds, the frieze fields - and keep every cornice, moulding, bead, column and carved element in the pale tone. The colour sits back where it belongs, the pale mouldings read as edges catching light, and the cabinet stays as light as it looks in a drawing.

Reverse it and the same cabinet, in the same two colours, looks heavy. Nothing else changes.

Material: solid teak carcass, doors, drawers and frame, hand-carved. No veneer, no engineered board.

Configuration: two glazed bays divided by a full-height turned and carved centre column; canted glazed ends; drawer band across the base with carved gilded medallions.

Colour rule: teal on flat recessed fields only, ivory on all projecting mouldings and carved members.

Interior: glass shelves with spacing to your requirement; adjustable supports available; interior lighting available; back in mirror, glass or panelled timber to choice; interior finished to show standard.

Carving: carved crest above the cornice, carved column, gilded medallions and mouldings, corner finials, turned feet.

Sizes: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

Warranty: 20 years on the solid teak carcass and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage.

The turned centre column projects further forward than any other part of the front and runs the full height of the glazed section. It is wrapped along its entire length and given shaped protection at its capital and base.

Glass shelves travel out of the cabinet, laid flat, interleaved and edge-guarded. Glazed doors are secured closed, braced and protected across each pane; the canted end panes stay in their housings under shaped support.

Drawers are secured shut and blocked so they cannot move.

A soft, clean non-abrasive layer goes against both the ivory and the teal - two finishes that show marks differently, protected the same way - and the corner finials and turned feet each receive individual protection.

The carcass enters a rigid outer crate with cushioning, corner protection and strapping. This is why dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Delivery is free across India - no freight charge, no distance surcharge, and no difference between a metro address and a smaller town.

Because every showcase is made to order, we confirm your finished dimensions, your shelf and drawer layout, your colour choice and your access dimensions - doorway widths, stair turns, lift size - in writing before production begins.

Once complete it is packed as described and dispatched with a carrier used to handling carved furniture and glass. You are contacted ahead of delivery so someone can be present.

Arrival is guaranteed dent-free. If any transit damage has occurred, photograph it while the delivery team is present and contact us - we will resolve it. On site the cabinet is levelled, the drawers refitted and the shelves installed.

The solid teak carcass and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty from the day the showcase reaches you - the frame, the centre column and its joints, the glazed door construction and hinging, the glazing housings, the shelf supports, the drawer runners, and the cornice and crest joints.

Lifetime cover against termite damage applies for the life of the furniture rather than a fixed number of years. Because the piece is seasoned solid teak throughout - carcass, doors, drawers, back and internal fittings - there is no board core anywhere for insects to reach.

If a warranty issue arises, send us photographs and we will assess and repair or replace. Glazed door alignment and drawer running are covered. Where finish work is needed, the colour is re-laid to the same rule - flats only, mouldings pale - so a repair never changes how the cabinet reads. Both warranties apply anywhere in India.