Tall Side Table in Carved Teak - Cream with Marble Top and Long Legs

Almost every complaint about a side table is really a complaint about its height.

The rule is straightforward and almost never followed: the top of the table should be level with the top of the mattress, or level with the arm of the chair it stands beside. Level - not close to. A few centimetres below and you are reaching down, which is exactly the movement that knocks a glass over. A few above and the table looms into the bed, and anything on it is in your eyeline when you lie down.

The trouble is that beds and sofas are not standard, and they have changed. Mattresses have got deeper, bases have got higher, and modern sofas sit lower with higher arms than they used to. A table built to a stock height was matched to furniture that no longer exists.

There is a second effect that people notice without identifying. A taller, lighter table with visible floor beneath it makes a room read as larger, because the eye sees more of the floor plane. A low, solid table of the same volume does the opposite.

Which is why we ask for one measurement before anything else: the height of what it will stand beside. Everything about this table - leg length, case depth, apron position - is then set from that number rather than from a catalogue.

Material: Solid teak carcass, drawer boxes, apron, legs and brackets with a natural marble top. No veneer over engineered board.

Top: Natural marble with a moulded edge, cut to the shaped case outline and hand-dressed. Stone type and veining chosen with you.

Construction: Long splayed cabriole legs carved from solid stock with carved brackets onto the case corners, structural carved apron with fluted shell centre tying the front legs, carved cartouche drawer panels with beaded borders.

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

Finish: Cream with carving in the same tone, as photographed. Any tone or gilding level can be specified.

Height: Set from the height of the bed or chair it stands beside.

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

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

The marble top travels separately and on edge in its own braced crate, faced on both sides and cushioned continuously along the shaped and moulded edge - stone chips at an edge if it is allowed to move even slightly.

The legs are the most exposed part of the frame. They are long, slim and splayed well beyond the case, so each is sleeved individually along its full sweep with a rigid guard over the scrolled toe and additional padding at the carved bracket.

The carved shell at the centre of the apron hangs lowest on the front face and is guarded separately, bridged so nothing bears into the carving.

The case is wrapped in a soft non-abrasive layer laid straight onto the cream finish, with extra foam over the beaded drawer borders.

Both drawers are removed or secured shut. Both packages then go into rigid outer cartons braced internally. Ordered as a pair, all four are 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 - above all the height of the bed or chair it stands beside - marble selection, drawer layout and finish are confirmed in writing. Stone dressing cannot be hurried, so we give you an honest timeline then and keep you updated as the piece moves through carving, assembly, stone fitting and finishing.

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

On arrival our team brings both packages in, sets and beds the marble top, checks the table stands level and that the drawers run cleanly, and removes all packaging. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the carcass, both drawer boxes, the carved apron, the brackets and every leg joint.

Long legs concentrate load. The taller a table stands, the more any sideways push at the top becomes leverage at the joint where the leg meets the case - so on this design those joints are cut deeper into solid stock, the carved bracket at each corner adds timber section exactly there, and the apron ties the front legs to each other rather than leaving them to work independently.

The legs themselves are carved from solid teak with the curve following the grain, which is what allows a slim, splayed, tall leg to carry a stone top for decades.

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 paint over them.

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