Traditional Jhula in Carved Teak - Spindle Back Swing with Jaali Stand

A Swing That Is Also a Screen

Most jhula stands are two posts and a beam, and they do one job. Building the uprights as full jaali screens gives the piece a second one. Placed across an opening, at the end of a living area or between a sitting space and a passage, the two lattice panels mark a boundary and filter the view the way a jaali screen has always done in Indian architecture, while light and air pass straight through them. You get seating and a room divider in the same object, and neither compromises the other.

Everything else on the piece is drawn to keep it from feeling heavy. The seat back is a run of slender turned spindles rather than a solid or panelled board, so the eye passes through the seat as well as the stand. The arms curve down through open scrolled supports. The chains are brass beads rather than plain links, so they catch light against the dark timber and read as jewellery on the piece. The dark finish ties the whole composition together and makes the lattice read as a fine graphic pattern rather than as bulk. It is carved and finished by hand by master Indian artisans.

Specifications: Dark Carved Teak Jhula

The jhula as photographed is described below. Because it is made to your order, every line can be changed before production.

• Material and carving: solid teak wood, hand-carved and hand-polished by master Indian artisans
• Finish: deep dark teak, grain visible throughout
• Stand: two tall jaali screen panels in carved frames, on moulded plinths with carved elephants at the feet
• Beam: straight moulded top beam spanning the screens
• Configuration: freestanding; no ceiling fixing required
• Suspension: brass bead chains, length set at installation
• Backrest: run of turned spindles beneath a carved crest rail
• Arms: scrolled wheel-shaped supports resting on carved elephants
• Upholstery: seat cushion in your choice of fabric
• Options: ceiling-hung version without the stand, plain or decorative chains, rope suspension, solid or jaali seat back, custom seat width
• Finish options: deep dark as shown, or walnut, mid teak, honey teak, natural teak, or a painted finish
• Size: custom sizes made to order; final measurements confirmed in writing before production
• Warranty: 20 years on solid teak and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage
• Delivery: free across India, assembled and balanced in your home, with guaranteed dent-free arrival

Protecting Screen Panels and Turned Spindles

The two jaali screens are the largest and finest components in this shipment. Each travels flat in its own crate, protected by rigid boards standing clear of both faces so nothing presses into the lattice, with the carved frame edges corner-guarded and the elephant at the foot individually wrapped. Shipping them apart also lets the stand come through ordinary doorways, since assembled it is much wider than either panel.

The seat travels separately with its run of turned spindles shielded by a rigid guard spanning the whole back, so no packing material bears on the individual turnings, and the scrolled arm supports and their carved elephants contour-padded. The moulded beam is bedded along its full length. Brass bead chains are boxed apart so they cannot mark the dark polish, which shows contact more readily than a pale finish, and every polished face is wrapped in a soft non-abrasive layer. Cushions travel uncompressed. Your jhula arrives dent-free with the lattice and spindles intact.

Free Delivery, Assembly and Balancing Across India

Delivery is free anywhere in India with no distance surcharge and nothing added to your invoice for freight. Production begins once your specification is confirmed and we give you a realistic completion window at that point. If you are working towards a housewarming, a festival or a particular date, tell us at enquiry and we will plan the build around it.

Because the screens can act as a divider, it is worth telling us at enquiry where in the room you imagine the jhula standing and what you would like it to screen. We build the panel height and the overall width to suit that position. On delivery our team assembles the stand, hangs the seat on its brass chains, sets the height you find easiest and balances the swing so it hangs level and moves sweetly. It stays freestanding, so you can reposition it whenever you like.

Warranty on This Jhula

The solid teak and its joinery are guaranteed for 20 years from delivery, and termite damage is covered for the entire life of the piece with no expiry. On a screen-post stand the carved frame around each jaali panel is the structural member, sized to carry the swinging load down to the plinth, with the lattice held within it. Those frames, their joints into the beam and the plinths, and the four hanging points on the seat are all cut and pinned into solid teak and covered for the full term. Termite cover has no end date because teak resists termites through the oils within the timber.

Brass chains and their fittings are supplied to suit the seat, covered against manufacturing fault, and we service or replace them at any point. Cushions are reupholstered whenever you would like something new. Because the piece is polished rather than painted, the finish can be cut back and rebuilt in place without stripping it, so the jhula can be brought back to new at any time, and we do all of it for our own pieces at an honest price.