{"title":"The Kovilakam Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eNamed after the royal residences of Kerala, these are our grandest pieces: carved four poster and canopy beds and a four poster day bed, made by hand in solid Indian teak.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"four-poster-bed","title":"Teak Four Poster Canopy Bed","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA full canopy, and a caned headboard\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Signature is a true canopy bed: all four posts joined overhead by a teak frame that draws a clean rectangle above the bed. It encloses without darkening — the canopy is left open, so the room reads through it. Dress it with muslin, or leave the frame bare and let the joinery do the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwisted and fluted posts.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each post carries two carved registers — a deep barley-twist spiralling up from the turned foot, giving way to a fluted column above the mattress line, closed with a turned finial. The twist is cut by hand along the length of the post, one of the slowest operations in the workshop and the reason the piece reads as carved rather than machined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA hand-caned headboard.\u003c\/strong\u003e The headboard is a panel of hand-woven rattan cane set into a teak frame with scrolled shoulders, in the Anglo-Indian Regency manner. Cane is used here for the reason it has always been used in this climate: it breathes, it is light against the weight of the teak, and it ages into a deeper honey rather than wearing out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHoney-toned Indian teak.\u003c\/strong\u003e Kiln-dried, responsibly sourced solid teak, finished warm and light so the grain and the carved detail stay legible. A solid teak footboard panel closes the frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eDimensions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eKing:\u003c\/strong\u003e frame 74\" W x 81\" D x 82\" H (188 x 207 x 210 cm) · mattress 72\" W x 78\" D (183 x 198 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQueen:\u003c\/strong\u003e frame 62\" W x 81\" D x 82\" H (158 x 207 x 210 cm) · mattress 60\" W x 78\" D (152 x 198 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMaking and delivery\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandcrafted to order in Temple Town's own workshop in Thrissur, Kerala\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCane panels hand-woven; dispatch in 4 to 8 weeks depending on availability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives largely assembled; instructions included for any remaining assembly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlight variation in colour, grain, cane tone and dimension is inherent to handmade work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovered by a 1-year warranty against manufacturing defects, termite and borer. Normal wear, accidental damage, improper use or cleaning, and natural wood movement are excluded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs each piece is made to order, cancellations and refunds cannot be accepted once the order is placed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTemple Town builds in the Heirloom Modernism idiom: Indian craft held to the standard of the world's finest furniture, made to be inherited rather than replaced.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple Town","offers":[{"title":"Queen","offer_id":40565811642468,"sku":"","price":225000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"King","offer_id":40565811675236,"sku":"","price":243571.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/5836\/4772\/products\/37.jpg?v=1661850480"},{"product_id":"teak-four-poster-day-bed","title":"Four Poster Teak Day Bed","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNot a bed for sleeping in — a bed for sitting on\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe day bed is one of the most useful pieces in an Indian house and one of the least understood. It is a seat with the depth of a bed: somewhere to read through an afternoon, seat four people at a party, or put a guest for the night. This one is built on the frame of a four poster, with the posts and canopy carried over from the bedroom into the living room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTurned spindle back and end.\u003c\/strong\u003e The long back and the closed end are filled with close-set spindles turned individually on the lathe, set between teak rails. The result is a piece that screens without blocking — you see through it, and the light and the room behind it stay part of the view. That openness is why a day bed works in the middle of a floor where a sofa would feel like a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFour posts and an open canopy.\u003c\/strong\u003e Tall turned posts rise from vase-turned feet to spired finials, joined overhead by a plain teak frame. The canopy is left bare here, which keeps the piece light in a room with height and glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDark-finished Indian teak, with a loose seat.\u003c\/strong\u003e Kiln-dried, responsibly sourced solid teak in a deep finish. The seat is a loose upholstered cushion with bolsters, so the covers can be changed with the room rather than committing the frame to one fabric for its lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it goes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiving rooms and verandahs first; also a landing, a wide hallway, a study, or a guest room where a full bed would be too much. Made as a single size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMaking and delivery\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandcrafted to order in Temple Town's own workshop in Thrissur, Kerala\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDispatch in 4 to 8 weeks depending on availability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives largely assembled; instructions included for any remaining assembly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlight variation in colour, grain and dimension is inherent to handmade work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovered by a 1-year warranty against manufacturing defects, termite and borer. Normal wear, accidental damage, improper use or cleaning, and natural wood movement are excluded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs each piece is made to order, cancellations and refunds cannot be accepted once the order is placed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTemple Town builds in the Heirloom Modernism idiom: Indian craft held to the standard of the world's finest furniture, made to be inherited rather than replaced.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple Town","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43787339989092,"sku":"","price":195000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/5836\/4772\/files\/06.jpg?v=1716279062"},{"product_id":"artisans-haven-teak-four-poster-bed","title":"Artisan's Haven Teak Four Poster Bed","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA bed built entirely of turned spindles\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Artisan's Haven is the most heavily worked bed in the Temple Town range, and the one that shows most plainly how much hand time goes into this kind of furniture. Headboard and footboard are both filled with close-set turned spindles — dozens of them, each shaped individually on the lathe — set between rails in a tall screen. Most four posters put their carving into the posts and leave the headboard flat. This one does the opposite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA full canopy, with spires above it.\u003c\/strong\u003e All four posts are joined overhead by a square teak frame. The finials do not stop at the rail: they carry on above it as tall turned spires, so the bed's silhouette continues past the canopy line. In a room with height, that detail is what makes the piece read as architecture rather than furniture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTurned and reeded posts.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each post moves through a sequence of turned swells and reeded sections from a heavy vase-turned foot up to the spire. The proportions are drawn from the four posters of old Kerala and Tamil houses, where the post was a structural column first and a decorative one second.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSolid Indian teak.\u003c\/strong\u003e Kiln-dried and responsibly sourced, finished in a warm mid-brown that leaves the grain visible through the turning. No veneer, no cane, no upholstery on the frame — the entire piece is wood and joinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMaking and delivery\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandcrafted to order in Temple Town's own workshop in Thrissur, Kerala\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe spindle work is the slowest operation in the range; allow 4 to 8 weeks for dispatch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvailable in King and Queen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArrives largely assembled; instructions included for any remaining assembly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlight variation in colour, grain and dimension is inherent to handmade work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCovered by a 1-year warranty against manufacturing defects, termite and borer. 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