Wooden Console Table with Carved Figures and Arched Mirror

A figure carved on furniture is never carved to look correct in the hand. It is carved to look correct from where it will actually be seen - which for a console leg head means from several feet away and from below.

That changes the proportions the carver works to. Seen from beneath, a head foreshortens: the forehead shortens, the chin advances, and a figure modelled to textbook proportion ends up looking small-headed and slightly wrong. So our master Indian artisans make the head marginally larger than proportion demands and tilt it forward a fraction, which restores it to correct at viewing height. Hold the same carving level with your eye and you can see the exaggeration; stand it on the table and it disappears.

The same correction runs through the whole figure. Detail on the upper surfaces - the top of the shoulder, the crown, the upper arm - is modelled more strongly than detail underneath, because from below those are the surfaces that fall into shadow and would otherwise be lost.

The test is simple and it is the only one that matters: set the piece at its finished height, walk away, and look.

Material: solid teak throughout, console and mirror frame, hand-carved. No veneer, no engineered board.

Console: figures carved in the round at the front leg heads, pierced apron of scrolls and foliage with a central shell and pendant drop, cabriole legs with scrolled toes, shaped stretcher with a carved cluster.

Top: pale marble slab with a hand-moulded edge following the shaped front.

Mirror: arched plate in a pierced scrollwork frame with a carved crest and foliate base rail.

Finish: hand-applied gilding over the carved teak, sealed for durability, matched across both pieces.

Sizes: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production, including combined height.

Warranty: 20 years on the solid teak frames and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage.

Photography: images show the actual product, not renders.

Figures carved in the round stand clear of the frame on several sides at once, which makes them the most exposed elements on the console. Each one is packed individually before anything else is wrapped, in a shaped housing that touches only the broad surfaces and leaves the fine detail untouched.

The rest of the console is wrapped in a soft non-abrasive layer against the gilding, then in foam cut around the pierced apron, the central shell and the pendant drop rather than pressed against them, with separate protection for the scrolled toes.

The mirror travels braced across its width, the plate cushioned across its full surface, with shaped supports on both faces of the pierced crest.

The marble goes flat on a padded board with guards on all four edges, packed apart from the frames. Everything enters rigid outer crates and is strapped so nothing moves. This multi-layer protective packaging is why we guarantee dent-free arrival.

Delivery is free anywhere in India for the complete set. No freight charge, no distance surcharge, no difference between a metro address and a smaller town.

The set is made to order, so production begins once your console dimensions, mirror height, marble and finish are confirmed in writing. We share the timeline at that point and keep you updated through carving, gilding and glazing.

Crates travel together with a carrier used to handling carved furniture, stone and mirror glass, and you are contacted before delivery so someone can be present to receive and inspect everything.

Arrival is guaranteed dent-free. If transit damage has occurred, photograph it with the delivery team present and contact us - we will resolve it. On site the marble is laid onto the console first and the mirror stood on its base rail above it. If you would like the mirror wall-secured, tell us before production and the fixings are built into the frame.

The solid teak frames and their joinery carry a 20-year warranty from the day the set reaches you - the console's leg joints, apron, stretcher and marble bed, and the mirror frame's joints, crest and rebate.

Lifetime cover against termite damage applies to both pieces for the life of the furniture, not a fixed number of years. Seasoned solid teak carries oils that termites will not attack, and with both pieces built in teak throughout there is no board core for them to reach.

If a warranty issue arises, send us photographs and we will assess and repair or replace. Figure carving is repaired by artisans working in the round from solid teak, with the same viewing-height corrections applied, so a repaired figure reads correctly from the room rather than only close up. Both warranties apply anywhere in India and stay with the furniture rather than the original buyer.