Silver Bed Design in Carved Teak - Grey Leather with Ribbon Carving

The carved ribbon is one of the great showing-off motifs in woodwork, and it earned that status honestly. A ribbon has to look like cloth - thin, flexible, twisting so you see its underside - and it is being cut from a solid block. That means undercutting behind every fold, leaving a band of wood a few millimetres thick that curves in two directions at once. Grinling Gibbons built a reputation on it in the seventeenth century, and carvers have used it as a proving piece ever since.

The flower garlands hanging from the ribbons are the same test at smaller scale. Each blossom is undercut so it stands away from the surface behind it, which is why the garland reads as hanging rather than as drawn on.

Silver leaf is the finish that shows this best. It is cooler and more reflective than gold, so it picks out the top edge of every fold and leaves the undercut hollow dark - and our master Indian artisans tone the recesses slightly to push that contrast further, because a ribbon you cannot read as a ribbon is just a band of metal.

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

Headboard: Buttoned leather panel in a fine diamond grid, carved ribbon crest with looping bands and trailing flower garlands, gathered carving at the shoulders.

Footboard: Deep curved buttoned panel rolling forward onto a beaded base rail, carved ribbon across the top rail tying a garland at a centre cartouche.

Carving: Ribbons undercut behind every fold; flower garlands undercut to stand clear of the ground.

Upholstery: Shown in grey leather; leather or faux leather in any shade, and woven fabrics available.

Finish: Silver leaf with toned recesses as shown, and available in gold, antique bronze, ivory or natural teak tones.

Bedside chests: Bowed carved fronts, two drawers each, cabriole legs. Included as shown, available in any quantity.

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

Undercut ribbons and hanging garlands are the most fragile things we ship, because they stand away from the surface with air behind them. Each ribbon loop and each garland is supported from beneath as well as around, using shaped foam pressed into the space behind it, so nothing can flex the carving against its fixings.

Silver leaf marks under friction more readily than gold, so every finished surface is covered first in a soft non-abrasive layer laid on loose.

The leather panels are packed with rigid support standing clear of their faces so nothing presses a permanent crease into the hide, and bagged in breathable covers.

The curved footboard is crated to its own profile rather than forced into a square box. Cabriole legs are collared, rails bundled, fittings pouched. Everything is crated together with handling instructions. Every photograph here shows the actual bed before packing - not a render.

Delivery is free anywhere in India and included in the price you are quoted, with no freight, packing or handling charge added later.

Production begins once your size, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own bed as the ribbons are carved and undercut and the silver leaf laid - the ribbon work is worth watching take shape.

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 leather and the silver finish 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 - the headboard structure carrying the ribbon crest, the curved footboard, the side rails and every joint between them.

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

Silver leaf can be cleaned back and re-laid whenever you want the finish refreshed, and the recesses re-toned to the same depth, because we record how your bed was finished along with the rest of its specification. Upholstery can be renewed to the original cut and buttoning positions, and fittings replaced with parts made for your piece. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain what it involves before starting.