White King Size Bed in Carved Teak - Antique French Tufted Headboard

A Carving That Has to Work Without Gold

Adding gold highlighting to carved furniture is partly decorative and partly a rescue. Metallic edging picks out relief that would otherwise flatten under paint, which means shallow or approximate carving can still look impressive once it is gilded. Take the gold away and there is nowhere to hide. That is the discipline behind this bed: finished in a single antique white, its crest, its scrolls and its footboard shell only read because they are cut deep, undercut at the edges and pierced through where the design calls for open space. If the carver were working quickly, you would see it immediately.

The openwork crown is the slowest part of the build. Each void has to be cut through solid teak by hand without splitting the narrow bridges of wood that remain, and a single mistake means starting the component again. Once carved, the surface is sealed, primed and hand-finished in antique white with a soft aged tone worked into the recesses so the piece does not look freshly painted. Master Indian artisans do all of it by hand, which is why no two crests are identical, and why the photographs here are of the real piece rather than a rendering.

Specifications: Antique White Carved Teak Bed

The following describes the bed as shown. Because it is built to your order, every line here can be changed before production.

• Frame and carving: solid teak wood, hand-carved and hand-finished by master Indian artisans
• Finish: antique white, single tone throughout, with aged shading worked into recesses
• Headboard: diamond-buttoned tufted panel in a neutral upholstery
• Crest: pierced openwork carving, cut through solid timber
• Footboard: low scrolled profile with a carved central shell and scroll-cut ends
• Legs: carved cabriole legs with scroll feet
• Supplied with: two matching single-drawer bedside tables with carved aprons
• Finish options: antique white as shown, or ivory, pure white, cream, champagne or natural teak polish
• Upholstery options: linen, cotton, velvet, leather or a fabric you supply
• Size: custom sizes made to order; final measurements confirmed in writing before production
• Storage: box, drawer or hydraulic base storage available on request
• Warranty: 20 years on solid teak frame and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage
• Delivery: free across India with guaranteed dent-free arrival

Packing a Pierced Carved Crest Safely

Openwork carving is the hardest thing we ship. The narrow bridges of teak between the cut-through sections of the crest are strong in place but vulnerable to a point load, and a single strap tightened across them in an ordinary furniture crate would be enough to crack one. So the crest never carries a strap. It is packed face-protected with a soft non-marking layer against the white finish, then set into foam that has been cut to the profile of the carving, so the padding supports the solid areas and leaves the pierced sections bearing nothing at all.

The tufted panel travels with its face shielded against rub marks, the footboard and legs are edge-guarded at every scroll and corner, and the whole assembly goes into a rigid strapped outer crate. The two bedside tables are boxed separately with their drawers secured. Multi-layer packing of this kind adds real cost to every order and we absorb it, because a white finish shows every mark and a chipped openwork crest cannot be touched up invisibly. Your bed arrives without dents, scratches or chipped carving, and if it does not, we make it right.

Free Delivery Across India, Made to Order

Delivery is free everywhere in India. There is no shipping line item on your invoice and no surcharge for distance, whether the bed is going to a city apartment or a house several states away. What does need planning is the build. Nothing is held in stock, so the clock starts when your specification is confirmed: timber selection, hand-carving of the pierced crest, priming and the multi-stage white finish, then upholstery. We will give you a completion window at sign-off, and if a date you need is not realistic we will say so at the enquiry stage rather than accept the order and miss it.

The finished bed ships in its contour-cut protective packing under our dent-free arrival guarantee. You are told when it leaves and kept updated in transit. Our team assembles it in the room and we ask you to look over the white finish, the carving and the buttoning while they are still with you, so anything that concerns you is dealt with on the spot. If your stairwell, lift or doorway is tight, tell us during the enquiry and the frame will be engineered to break down into sections that will actually get in.

Guarantees Behind This White Carved Bed

The solid teak frame and joinery of this bed are guaranteed for 20 years. Termite damage is covered for the entire life of the piece, without an end date. Those are the two failures that actually end a wooden bed: the structure loosening, and insects getting into the timber. We cover both directly rather than offering a short blanket warranty that expires before either risk has really been tested. Teak resists termites naturally because of its oil content, and every board is seasoned and treated before a carver touches it, but the lifetime cover means the risk sits with us and not with you.

The antique white finish and the upholstery are handled separately from the structural warranty. Painted finishes mark and upholstery wears, and both are a function of how a bed is lived with rather than how it was made. We are direct about that instead of writing it into fine print. What we do offer is that we will refinish or reupholster this bed at any point in its life, quoted honestly, and because the piece came out of our own workshop we can recut a single damaged carved element rather than replacing the whole headboard. Keep the bed indoors, out of prolonged direct sun, and do not modify the frame.