Royal Luxury Handcrafted Carved Teak Wood Bed Design | Dark Walnut King Size

The story of the walnut polish

Dark walnut is a colour, not a wood, in most Indian furniture. The tone came into Indian workshops through Victorian and Edwardian imports, where English and European furniture arriving in colonial households was almost always finished in a deep brown. Local craftsmen, working in teak and rosewood, learned to match that tone with stains and shellac so their pieces could stand beside imported ones without looking out of place.

The method that survived is French polishing with a rubber: a cloth pad charged with shellac and moved in continuous circles over the surface, coat after coat, with the polisher judging by drag and sheen rather than by any measurement. A good polisher will lay down dozens of passes on a headboard of this size. Spraying a lacquer would take an afternoon and produce a flat, plastic-looking film.

Our artisans still polish by hand for this reason. Handcrafted Indian luxury shows itself in the surface as much as in the carving, and a hand-rubbed walnut finish can be revived decades later with fresh shellac. A sprayed finish, once damaged, has to be stripped completely.

Specification

• Frame: solid teak wood, hand carved throughout
• Style: classical royal carved bed with shaped headboard crest and cartouche footboard
• Finish: hand-rubbed dark walnut polish, shade customisable
• Posts: turned solid teak posts with carved finials
• Sizes: king size, queen size, double or fully custom sizes made to order
• Storage: optional hydraulic or drawer storage can be built into the base
• Side tables: matching bedside units available on request
• Joinery: mortise and tenon with bolted rail-to-post fixings for disassembly
• Construction: made to order, handcrafted by master Indian artisans

We do not publish fixed dimensions or weight, because each bed is built to the buyer's mattress size and room. Send your mattress measurements and the wall width available and we will confirm the exact overall footprint in writing before production begins.

Packaging

A dark polished surface shows every scuff, so the packing on this bed is built around protecting the finish. Each polished face is first covered in a soft non-abrasive wrap laid directly on the wood, with no tape ever making contact with a polished surface. Tape residue on shellac is difficult to remove without disturbing the polish, so all fixings are made to the outer layers only.

Foam sheeting goes over the wrap, with extra thickness at the carved crest, the finials and the footboard cartouche, since these projecting elements take the first impact in any knock. The turned finials are removed where the design allows and packed separately.

The bed then travels in a purpose-built wooden crate sized to the individual piece, with internal bracing so nothing shifts. Fixings and assembly hardware are bagged, labelled and fixed inside the crate. Crate dimensions can be confirmed with you in advance if your building has a narrow staircase or a small lift.

Shipping

We deliver across India and accept international orders for this bed. Since it is made to order, dispatch follows the agreed production window rather than stock, and that window is confirmed in writing when you place the order.

Within India the crate travels by covered transport, secured against movement, and is delivered to your address. The headboard is the largest single component and cannot be reduced after it is built, so we ask you to confirm lift and staircase access before production. If access is restricted we can design the headboard to split at a concealed joint.

Assembly at your home is arranged in most Indian cities. The bed goes together as headboard, footboard, side rails and slats, with bolted fixings that also allow it to be taken apart cleanly if you move house later. International orders are quoted per destination with export-grade crating and full documentation; destination duties and taxes are the buyer's responsibility.

Warranty

Brown Rabbit warrants the solid teak structure, the joinery and the hand carving of this bed against manufacturing defects. If a joint works loose, a rail fails or a carved element cracks because of a fault in the making, we repair or replace it.

The hand-rubbed walnut polish is warranted against lifting or flaking caused by defective application. It is not warranted against scratches, heat marks, water rings or damage from cleaning agents, since these come from use. A shellac polish is repairable in place, and we can arrange a repolish visit or supply guidance for a local polisher.

Gradual deepening of the walnut tone with age is normal and is not a defect. Damage caused by moisture exposure, by transport arranged independently by the buyer, or by repairs attempted by others is outside the warranty. Full terms are issued in writing with your order confirmation.