Silver Side Table in Carved Teak - Three Drawers with Pierced Apron

Silver leaf behaves differently from gold, and the difference is chemical rather than aesthetic.

Gold is inert. Laid on a prepared ground and burnished, it will look the same in a hundred years as it did on the day it was applied, with no protection at all. Silver is not inert - left bare, it reacts slowly with the air and drifts toward a warmer, darker tone.

Which means a silvered piece is only as good as what goes over it. Our finishers seal every silvered surface after burnishing with a clear coat chosen to be as invisible as possible, applied thinly enough that it does not fill the fine cuts in the carving or dull the burnish. Too heavy a coat and the leaf loses the depth that made it worth applying by hand; too light and it does not do its job.

The sealing has to reach everywhere, which on a piece like this one means into a pierced apron and behind an openwork frieze - places a brush cannot simply be dragged across. Those areas are done first, from behind and at an angle, before the flat surfaces are touched.

Done properly, the result keeps the cool white light that made you choose silver in the first place, and it needs nothing from you but ordinary dusting.

Material: Solid teak throughout - case, all three drawer boxes and bowed fronts, top, carved frieze, apron and feet. No veneer over engineered board.

Construction: Openwork carved frieze beneath the top, deeply pierced apron with carved shell centre, carved corner scrolls turning into cabriole feet, bowed drawer fronts shaped from solid stock.

Storage: Three drawers. Counts, depths and internal fittings are configurable.

Finish: Hand-applied silver leaf, burnished and sealed to hold its cool tone. Gold or champagne leaf, painted tones or natural teak can be specified instead.

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

Available: Singly or as a matched pair.

Made: Handcrafted Indian luxury, produced to order by master Indian artisans.

Silvered and burnished surfaces mark under pressure, so the layer laid directly against this table is soft, lint-free and applied without tension anywhere.

Both carved bands are openwork, and openwork cannot take a load across it. Foam is shaped to bridge over the frieze beneath the top and over the pierced apron, bearing only on the solid case between them, so nothing presses into a scroll or into the shell at the apron's centre.

The bowed drawer fronts are cushioned along their full curve, since a curved face has no flat area to rest against, and all three drawers are removed or secured shut so nothing can run out in transit.

The corner scrolls turn outward into the feet at floor level, which is where a trolley edge arrives first, so each is guarded individually.

The table then goes into a rigid outer carton, braced internally so it cannot shift. Ordered as a pair, each is crated separately. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Free delivery is included anywhere in India, with no distance surcharge and nothing added at the end. Metros, tier-two cities and smaller towns are served on the same terms, and a pair ships on the same free terms as a single table.

Production begins once your dimensions, drawer layout, carving depth and finish are confirmed in writing. Leafing and sealing both need curing time between stages, and the pierced areas are sealed before the flat surfaces, so the sequence cannot be compressed - we give you an honest timeline and keep you updated as it progresses.

We dispatch through carriers experienced with leafed and carved furniture, and send tracking details as soon as it leaves us.

On arrival our team brings the table in, positions it, checks it stands true and that the drawers run cleanly, and removes all packaging. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed - if anything is not right, tell us and we will resolve it.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the case, all three drawer boxes and their bowed fronts, the carved frieze, the pierced apron, the corner scrolls and the feet.

Two pierced bands mean this table has less solid timber holding it together than a plain one would, so the joints do more work and are cut accordingly. The corner scrolls run continuously from the top of the case down into the feet, tying the whole front together as single members rather than as separate legs applied to a box.

The pierced apron is carved from solid stock with the grain planned along its length, so the openwork holds itself between the two front feet.

The teak carries a lifetime warranty against termite damage for as long as you own the piece, from the oils in the timber rather than the leaf above them.

If anything covered needs attention, send us your order details and photographs and our artisans will handle the repair or replacement.