Indian Carved Wooden Beds

We have a long standing enthusiasm for the woodcarvings of India and we’ve designed 4 carved wooden beds that are made by a Bishnoi family in Rajasthan. The Bishnoi are famous for their wildlife conservation - in the 16th century they surrounded sacred trees in their forest to prevent a Maharaja felling them to build a new palace. Over 300 Bishnoi were killed before the Maharaja, intrigued by their beliefs, stopped the felling.

Wild trees in the forests are still protected, but the Bishnoi also grow separate plantation timber for buildings and furniture. They’re active conservationists. They stop hunters from killing animals on their lands and it's not unusual to see antelopes and rabbits wandering fearlessly around their villages; the thorn bushes which they’ve planted to mark out their fields have a had a marked effect at reducing the encroachment of the Thar desert.

There are about 6 million Bishnoi across India including a large community, and the family we know, who live near Jodhpur.

Click here to see photos of Jodhpur and the Bishnoi villages.

Our Indian wooden beds are flat packed so they easily go up stairs for assembly in your bedroom. Assembly is easy and takes no more than 30 minutes.

To see the matching bedside tables, click here. To see all our beds on one page, click here.

To go with our our Indian beds we also design cotton and silk bedding when we’re in India. We combine modern design ideas with traditional Indian textile skills to make duvet covers, quilts and bedspreads that are perfect companions to our Indian beds - and, in fact, all our beds! Click here for Indian bed linen.

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