Wooden Coffee Table in Carved Teak with Gilded Lattice and Drawer

The two glazed medallions in this top are circles cut into a flat surface, and cutting a truly round recess by hand is not a matter of a steady hand at all.

Freehand, nobody can cut a circle. The eye is good at spotting a flat spot on a curve and hopeless at preventing one. So the recess is cut from the centre instead: a pin is set at the exact middle of where the medallion will sit, a cutter is mounted on a bar at a fixed distance from that pin, and the whole thing is swung around. Every point the cutter reaches is the same distance from the pin, so the result is a true circle by geometry rather than by skill.

The same bar is then reset a fraction shorter to cut the rebate that the glass will sit in - concentric with the first cut, because it turns on the same pin.

What that gives is a glass disc that drops in with an even gap all the way round. Cut the recess by eye and the gap would be tight at one point and open at another, and every person who sat at the table would see it. The pin does the work; the carver simply keeps the cutter moving.

Structure: solid teak throughout, hand-carved by master Indian artisans, with traditional joinery at every junction.

Top: figured timber field with black and gold borders, and a gilt medallion glazed into each rounded end.

Ends: carved gilded lattice over a dark ground.

Drawer: set into the centre of one long side, with a moulded gold-lined front. Layout and number set by you.

Base: deep run of gilded acanthus scroll feet around the outline.

Finish: hand-applied dark banding with gilded carving over a polished timber top. All tones are set by you.

Size: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

Photography: images on this page are of the actual product, not renders.

The glass discs stay in their rebates - they cannot slide out - but each is faced with a soft pad and a rigid card so nothing can press or flex against it in transit.

The drawer travels closed, padded in its opening and held with a soft restraint that leaves no residue.

The gilded lattice on each end has foam fitted behind and between its bars so the carving cannot flex, and the scroll base - widest and lowest - gets a continuous foam band with deeper collars at the projecting corners. A soft non-abrasive layer covers every gilded and polished surface first, and a rigid panel goes over the top bearing on its border. Corrugated panels build a rigid shell, the base is blocked and braced, and the outer carton is edge-reinforced. Everything unwraps by hand.

Free PAN-India delivery is included in the price - no zone rates, no distance surcharge, no fragile surcharge for the glazed panels. The table costs the same delivered to Karnal as to Kakinada.

Dent-free arrival is guaranteed. It leaves in multi-layer protective packaging, travels with handlers briefed on glazed panels and gilded carving, and is checked at every transfer point. If anything is not right when you open it, tell us and we make it right - the guarantee sits with us, not with the transporter.

Because the table is made to order, production begins once your size, drawer layout and finish tones are confirmed in writing. We share a realistic timeline, keep you updated as the table moves through carving, gilding and glazing, and send a dispatch note with an expected delivery window.

The solid teak structure and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the shaped body, the top and its medallion rebates, the lattice ends, the drawer box and runners, and the joints where the scroll base meets the body. If a joint opens or a member fails within those twenty years, we repair or replace it.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs alongside it and never expires. Teak's natural oils are what termites avoid, and our seasoning and finishing routine is built around preserving them, so the timber is guaranteed for as long as the table is yours.

The glazed medallions are captured rather than bonded, so either disc can be lifted for cleaning or replaced without disturbing the top around it. All of it is built from start to finish in our own workshop by the master Indian artisans who make everything we sell, from timber we season ourselves.