Round Bed in Carved Teak - Gold Lion Mask Base with Damask Headboard

The Problem With Circles

Every ornament on a straight rail can be laid out with a ruler. On a circle it cannot. The carved band around this base has to have its scrollwork set out so the repeat closes perfectly after 360 degrees, with no compressed or stretched section where the layout ran out, and the whole band has to be built from segments cut to the radius and jointed so the grain and the ornament run through the joints without announcing them. That layout work happens before any carving starts, and it is where a badly made round bed gives itself away: look at the back of the circle, opposite the mask, and you will usually find the repeat has been fudged.

The lion mask exists for a related reason. A circle has no natural front, which can leave a round bed looking oddly unresolved in a room, as though it has been set down at random. Placing a single strong carved element at one point on the circumference fixes an orientation and tells the eye where the bed faces. It also gives the carver a datum: the layout of the band is set out from the mask outward in both directions so the repeat meets itself cleanly at the rear. It is carved from solid teak by hand by master Indian artisans, like the rest of the piece, and the photographs here show the actual bed.

Specifications: Carved Teak Round Bed

The bed as photographed is described below. Since it is made to your order, each line is a default rather than a limit.

• Frame and carving: solid teak wood, hand-carved and hand-finished by master Indian artisans
• Finish: gold, hand-applied and burnished on raised carving
• Base: true circular base with a carved scroll band built from radius-cut segments running the full circumference
• Signature detail: carved lion mask at the front centre of the base
• Headboard: tall carved crest with an oval damask panel at the centre and two flanking damask panels in carved surrounds
• Feet: carved scrolled feet
• Supplied with: two matching carved side tables
• Diameter: made to order; final measurements confirmed in writing before production
• Fabric options: damask as shown, or velvet, silk, linen, leather, or a buttoned tufted panel in place of the flat fabric
• Finish options: gold as shown, or antique gold, champagne, silver, ivory or a painted colour
• Mattress: round mattress required; we can advise on suppliers or have one made to your diameter
• Warranty: 20 years on solid teak frame and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage
• Delivery: free across India with guaranteed dent-free arrival

Moving a Circular Base Without Distorting It

A ring is strong in its own plane and weak out of it. Lay a circular base flat on an uneven surface, or strap across it, and it will try to distort into an oval, which is a failure that cannot be corrected afterwards on a carved and gilded component. So this base does not travel unsupported. It sits in a cradle built to its own radius, so the ring is carried evenly around its whole circumference and no section takes a point load, with the carved band relieved in the foam so nothing rests on the scrollwork or on the lion mask, which projects further than anything else on the piece.

The headboard travels separately, contour-packed so the pierced crest bears nothing, with the damask panels faced against a clean undyed soft layer that cannot transfer colour. Gold surfaces throughout are protected with non-abrasive facing, since a burnished finish cannot be spot-repaired invisibly. Everything is crated rigid and strapped, and the two carved side tables are boxed separately. Building a radius cradle for a single order is not a standard freight operation and it costs us accordingly. It is also the only way to guarantee what we guarantee: the bed arrives dent-free, the carving intact, and the circle true.

Free Delivery in India, and What to Plan For

Delivery is free anywhere in India with no distance surcharge. Two things need planning on a round bed and we would rather raise them now than after you have ordered. The first is build time: setting out a repeating carved ornament to close cleanly around a circle, then cutting and jointing the segments, is slow work before the carving itself begins, and this is a longer build than a rectangular bed of similar size. We give you a realistic window once the diameter and specification are confirmed.

The second is access. A circular base cannot be carried through a doorway edge-on the way a rectangular frame can, and its diameter is its width in every direction. Measure your bedroom door, your lift and the tightest turn on your staircase before you commit, and send us those numbers at enquiry. We build the base to break down into segments where access requires it, but that has to be designed in from the start rather than discovered on delivery day. Our team assembles the bed in the room and we ask you to inspect the band, the gold finish and the panels while they are present so anything you are unhappy with is settled on the spot.

What Is Covered on This Round Bed

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty from delivery, and termite damage is covered for the life of the bed with no expiry. On a circular base the joints between the segments of the band are doing real structural work as well as carrying the ornament, since the ring has to stay true under load rather than flexing into an oval. Those joints are cut and pinned and covered for the full term, and that is the clause worth reading on this design specifically. Termite cover has no end date because teak resists termites through oils within the timber, not through a surface treatment, and every board is seasoned and treated before carving.

The gold finish and the damask panels sit outside the structural cover, as fabric and hand-burnished metallics wear with use rather than fail through construction. We put that plainly here rather than in small print. What we do commit to is re-gilding and re-panelling our own beds at any point in their life at an honest price, and because this circle was set out and carved in our own workshop we can remake a single segment of the band and match the ornament through the joints rather than rebuilding the whole base. Keep the bed indoors, away from prolonged direct sun, and do not modify the frame.