Wooden Dressing Table in Carved Teak - Natural Finish with Stool

Furniture for small rooms is usually made small and rarely made well, which is a shame, because a compact piece has to be better designed than a large one. There is nowhere to hide: no bank of cupboards to give it presence, no width to carry decoration, nothing to distract from the proportions.

So the decisions become structural. Standing the table on four legs with an open base makes the floor visible underneath, and a room reads as larger when you can see its floor. Cutting the mirror's side wings right through does the same at eye level - the wall shows between the scrolls, so the mirror occupies its space without filling it.

Our master Indian artisans carve the drawer fronts and the mirror frame deeply for the same reason. On a small piece in natural timber, shadow is the only thing giving the surfaces interest, and shallow carving on a narrow front simply disappears. It is more chisel work on less furniture, which is the opposite of how small pieces are usually costed.

Material: Solid teak throughout, including carcass, drawer boxes, mirror frame, legs and stool.

Mirror: Tall arched panel in a carved frame with a foliate crest and pierced carved wings cut right through on both sides.

Storage: Five drawers - two small drawers flanking the mirror on the top surface, two deeper drawers below on either side, and a shallow drawer across the kneehole. All fronts carved; interiors arranged to what you keep.

Base: Open kneehole, no cupboards, standing on four carved cabriole legs.

Finish: Natural teak polished, unstained, as shown; also available in honey, mid brown, walnut, espresso, or painted white, ivory or champagne.

Stool: Rectangular buttoned seat on carved cabriole legs, upholstered in any fabric, height set against the finished table.

Sizes: Custom sizes made to order, including table and stool height set to you - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

The mirror travels in its own rigid crate, glass faced with foam board and the arched frame edge-guarded around its full profile, with the pierced side wings supported from both faces so nothing can flex them.

The table carcass travels with all five drawers secured shut and the carved fronts protected, the top edge-guarded, and each cabriole leg collared individually along its curve - on a piece standing this openly, the legs are the most exposed part of the whole delivery.

Natural polished teak shows scuffs clearly, so every surface is covered first in a soft non-marking layer laid on without tension.

The stool travels whole with its buttoned seat bagged and its legs collared. Fittings go into a labelled pouch.

Everything is crated together with handling instructions. Every photograph here shows the actual furniture before packing - not a render.

Delivery is free anywhere in India and included in the price you are quoted, with no freight, packing or handling charge added later.

Production begins once your sizes, finish and drawer layout are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own dressing table as the carving is cut and the polish built up.

On arrival the table is carried in and set in place, levelled against your floor, and the mirror mounted and squared. The stool height is checked against the finished table with you sitting at it. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right, tell us and we will make it right.

The solid teak carcass and joinery are covered for 20 years - the table frame, the drawer boxes, the mirror frame, the legs and the stool.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with it for as long as you own the piece, backed by teak's own resistance and confirmed in writing.

On a piece standing on four legs with no plinth, the leg joints do all the work, and they are cut and fitted accordingly - a dressing table gets pushed, leaned on and moved for cleaning far more often than most furniture. If a leg is ever knocked or a drawer needs adjusting years from now, we work to the original specification, which we keep on file. Mirror glass is replaceable to the exact arched profile, and the stool re-coverable to its original buttoning. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain what it involves before starting.