A full canopy, and a caned headboard

The 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.

Twisted and fluted posts. 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.

A hand-caned headboard. 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.

Honey-toned Indian teak. 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.

Dimensions

• King: 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)
• Queen: 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)

Making and delivery

• Handcrafted to order in Temple Town's own workshop in Thrissur, Kerala
• Cane panels hand-woven; dispatch in 4 to 8 weeks depending on availability
• Arrives largely assembled; instructions included for any remaining assembly
• Slight variation in colour, grain, cane tone and dimension is inherent to handmade work
• Covered 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
• As each piece is made to order, cancellations and refunds cannot be accepted once the order is placed

Temple 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.