Wooden Bedside Table in Dark Toned Teak with Carved Paw Feet

The brass handles on this chest are fixed with posts that pass right through the drawer front, and there is a reason for going to that trouble.

A swan-neck handle is a bail - a swinging loop. Every time a drawer is closed the bail drops and lands, and it does that thousands of times over the life of the piece. Two things follow from it.

The first is where the bail lands. If it falls straight onto the polished drawer front, it will eventually wear a bright mark into the finish on both sides of the handle. So the back plate is shaped and positioned so the bail comes to rest on brass, not on timber.

The second is how the handle is held. Screws driven into the front from outside would work loose under that repeated small shock, and each time they were tightened they would bite less. Instead the posts pass through the drawer front and are secured with a nut on the inside, so the fixing is mechanical and can simply be tightened by hand from within the drawer if it ever needs it.

Neither is visible when you look at the chest. Both are visible in fifteen years.

Material: solid teak in the carcass, drawer boxes, drawer fronts, carved corners, apron and feet.

Drawers: one shallow bowed drawer under the top, two deeper drawers below, all full width on side runners with stops.

Handles: brass swan-neck bail handles on the lower drawers, fixed with through-posts and internal nuts, with back plates positioned so the bail rests on brass.

Carving: acanthus falls at both front corners running the full height, carved shell apron, fine carved band under the top edge.

Feet: carved paw feet.

Finish: deep dark polish with the grain and figure left visible.

Made to order: height, width, depth, drawer count, handles and finish tone are all customisable. Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

A dark polished surface shows a scuff in its sheen even where there is no dent, so acid-free tissue is laid directly against the polish before anything else, then foam sheet, then bubble wrap, with rigid board across the top.

All three drawers are removed and wrapped individually, labelled with their positions, so the runners carry no load in transit.

The brass handles are wrapped separately so the bails cannot swing against the fronts inside the crate.

The carved paw feet carry the whole weight and project at the corners, so each is foam-blocked, as are the acanthus falls at both front corners.

The chest ships in a hardwood crate with corner protection at every arris and orientation and lift markings. Multi-layer protective packaging is included on every order at no extra cost.

Delivery is free anywhere in India, with guaranteed dent-free arrival. No distance charge, no size charge and no handling fee.

Production begins once your dimensions are confirmed in writing - and for a bedside chest we ask the height of your bed so the top sits at a comfortable reach. We photograph your actual chest through the build: carcass, carving, polishing and the finished piece with the handles fitted.

On site, our team places and levels the chest, refits the drawers in their marked positions and fits the handles.

Send us lift dimensions, stair turns and doorway widths ahead of dispatch so the route can be planned. Every photograph on this page is of the actual product, not a render.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the carcass, the drawer boxes, the carved corners, the apron and the feet, along with every joint between them.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with the chest and never expires. Teak's natural oils are its own defence and our warranty stands behind them.

Drawer runners and hardware are covered against manufacturing defect. The through-fixed handles can be tightened from inside the drawer without any specialist tool, which is part of why they are fitted that way.

On a polished finish a repair has to match both colour and sheen, so the polish specification for your chest is recorded against your order number, along with the timber selection. Contact us with your order number and we will arrange it.