Carved Console Table in Gilded Teak with Pink Marble Top

Look closely at the two halves of this apron and they are not identical. That is not a mistake, and it is not carelessness.

Ornament of this kind was never meant to be mirrored. A shell on one side is answered by a scroll on the other; a leaf turns up here and down there. The composition balances - the visual weight is the same left and right - but the detail is not repeated. That is what stops it looking mechanical, and it is the single clearest difference between hand carving and anything reproduced from a mould.

The discipline is in the balancing, not the copying. Our carvers set out the two halves from separate drawings and then check them against each other by eye at a distance rather than by measurement up close, because balance is judged from across a room and symmetry is judged from a foot away. If one side starts to feel heavier, weight is added to the other in a different element rather than the same one.

The result reads as lively rather than repetitive. Photograph the two halves side by side and they will not overlay - which is exactly the point.

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

Top: shaped pink veined marble with a moulded edge. Other stones can be specified.

Apron: deeply pierced open scrollwork modelled from both faces, with a carved central pendant.

Legs: double-curved carved legs with foliate knees and scrolled feet.

Stretcher: serpentine stretcher with a carved shell and rockwork centrepiece.

Finish: hand-applied gold over the carving. Silver, champagne, antiqued tones or plain polished teak are also available.

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.

An apron pierced this heavily is the most fragile thing on a console, and it runs the full length of the piece.

Foam is fitted into every larger opening so the carved bridges cannot flex, with a continuous foam band along the front and both returns. The carved pendant at the centre, the scrolled feet and the stretcher centrepiece each get shaped collars.

The stone travels in its own carton, edge-protected all round with dense foam and carried flat between rigid boards. A soft non-abrasive layer covers all the gilded surfaces first, laid smoothly. Corrugated panels build a rigid shell, the base is blocked and braced, and both outer cartons are edge-reinforced. Everything unwraps by hand, and the top is placed on arrival.

Free PAN-India delivery is included in the price, stone and base together - no zone rates, no distance surcharge, no charge for the weight of the slab. The same cost delivered to Lucknow as to Ludhiana.

Dent-free arrival is guaranteed. Both cartons leave in multi-layer protective packaging, travel with handlers briefed on stone and pierced gilded carving, and are checked at every transfer point. If anything is not right when you open either, tell us and we make it right - the guarantee sits with us, not with the transporter.

Because the console is made to order, production begins once your dimensions, stone and finish are confirmed in writing. Send the wall length at enquiry so the piece is scaled to it. Openwork carving of this depth takes real time, so we give a realistic timeline and a dispatch note with an expected delivery window.

The solid teak base and its joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the top frame, the pierced apron rails, the leg joints, the legs and the stretcher. 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 console is yours.

An apron this open is still a structural rail carrying a stone top, which is why the bridges between the openings are sized as structure rather than ornament - and why a twenty-year term is realistic on a piece that looks as delicate as this one. All of it is built in our own workshop by the master Indian artisans who make everything we sell, from timber we season ourselves.