Velvet King Size Bed in Carved Teak - Gold Frame with Tufted Headboard

Matching the Velvet to the Gold on Purpose

The usual instinct with a gilded frame is to set something contrasting inside it, because contrast makes the carving obvious. This bed takes the opposite route and matches the upholstery to the metal. It is the harder version to execute and it is the more interesting result, because the piece stops reading as a frame containing panels and starts reading as one continuous carved and quilted object. The reason it does not go flat is physics rather than colour: gold is a specular surface that throws sharp highlights off every raised scroll, while velvet pile is diffuse and scatters light gently across the tufted diamonds. Two materials in the same tone, behaving completely differently under a bedroom lamp.

The crest is the other deliberate choice. It is carved tall and made to project forward from the wall plane instead of sitting flush, which is more work and uses considerably more timber, because the shell and the scrolls either side have to be cut from stock deep enough to stand proud. The payoff is a shadow line behind the crown that changes through the day as the room light moves, giving the top of the bed depth that a flat crest cannot have. All of it is carved, gilded and upholstered by hand by master Indian artisans, and the photographs on this page show the actual piece.

Specifications: Gold and Champagne Velvet Teak Bed

This describes the bed as photographed. Since it is built to order, treat each line as 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 across raised carving
• Headboard: tall diamond-buttoned champagne velvet panel beneath a projecting carved shell crest with foliate scrolls
• Footboard: carved full-width scroll band above a matching buttoned velvet panel, with a carved cartouche on the rail
• Upholstery: champagne velvet, tone-matched to the gold finish
• Legs: carved scrolled feet
• Supplied with: two matching two-drawer bedside chests in the same gold finish
• Upholstery options: velvet in any colour, or leather, silk, linen or a fabric you supply
• Finish options: gold as shown, or antique gold, champagne, rose gold, silver or a painted colour
• Size: custom sizes made to order; final measurements confirmed in writing before production
• Storage: box, drawer or hydraulic base storage available on request
• Warranty: 20 years on solid teak frame and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage
• Delivery: free across India with guaranteed dent-free arrival

Protecting Pile and Projecting Carving

A tall crest that stands forward of the headboard is the most exposed component we ship, because it is the first thing that meets anything during handling and there is no flat surface to protect it against. It travels contour-packed: wrapped in a non-abrasive face layer that will not take the burnish off the gold, then bedded into foam cut to the shape of the shell and the scrolls, so the projecting sections sit in a void and the padding carries only the solid frame behind them. Rigid guards go over the outermost points of the crest and over each carved foot.

Velvet is the second problem and it is solved by keeping weight off it entirely. The tufted panels travel face-out against a soft low-friction sheet, with no strapping across them and nothing resting on the buttoned diamonds, because sustained pressure crushes the pile and leaves shading that can take weeks to recover. The whole assembly is crated and strapped rigid, and the two bedside chests are boxed separately with drawers immobilised. This is a genuinely expensive way to pack a bed and the cost stays with us. What you get in return is a guarantee: dent-free, gilding unmarked, pile uncrushed, or we make it right.

Free Delivery in India on This Made-to-Order Velvet Bed

Delivery is free anywhere in India, with no distance surcharge and no freight line on your invoice. Production is what you plan around. The bed is carved after you order it, and the tall projecting crest alone accounts for a significant share of the carving time because it has to be cut from deeper stock than a flat crest. After carving comes multi-stage hand gilding, then velvet upholstery and buttoning across two large panels. We give you a realistic completion window once the specification is confirmed, and we will tell you at enquiry if a date you need cannot be met rather than accepting the order and missing it.

The finished bed ships in contour-cut multi-layer packing under our dent-free arrival guarantee, and we keep you updated from dispatch to arrival. Our team assembles it in your bedroom and we ask that you inspect the gilding, the crest and the velvet pile with them present so anything you are unhappy with is settled on the spot. Because this headboard is tall, tell us your ceiling height as well as your room dimensions at enquiry, and mention any narrow staircase, small lift or tight doorway so the frame can be engineered to break down accordingly.

What Is Covered on This Velvet Bed

The solid teak frame and joinery are guaranteed for 20 years from delivery, and termite damage is covered for the life of the bed with no end date. A projecting carved crest of this height places its weight forward of the headboard line, so the joint between the crest and the headboard frame carries a bending load that a flat crest would not. That joint is cut and pinned rather than fixed with screws and it is covered for the full term. Lifetime termite cover applies because teak's resistance comes from oils within the timber rather than from a surface treatment, and because every board is seasoned and treated before carving.

Velvet, foam, buttons and the gold finish sit outside the structural warranty. Velvet develops shading and pressure marks in the pile where it is regularly leaned against; that is what velvet does and it is not a fault. Gilding softens at the points most often touched. We put both in writing rather than in small print. We reupholster, re-button and re-gild our own beds at any point in their life at an honest price, and because we carved the frame we can remake a single damaged scroll without replacing the headboard. Keep the bed indoors, out of prolonged direct sun, and do not modify the frame yourself.