Hand Caned Teak Diwan Daybed with Carved Crest

Sit on this in May and then sit on a foam sofa and you will understand why every old house in Rajasthan had a cane diwan in the room without the cooler. Cane does not hold heat. The seat, the back and both arms are woven, so there is nothing under you that warms up and stays warm and in a Jodhpur summer people go and sit in that room because of it.

The only carving is along the crest, a run of leaves and scrolls meeting at a shell in the centre, and a roundel on each arm where the scroll turns over. The rest of the frame is plain teak, moulded and left alone, because the weave is doing the work. The arms scroll outward at a height that takes an elbow and by the 2nd week somebody will be lying along it with their head on one arm and their feet up on the other.

2 honest things. It creaks when you sit down and goes quiet once you settle, that is cane in a wooden frame and it does not mean anything is loose. And there is no cushion, so in December you throw a thin gaddi on it and in April you take it off. If you want something padded, the sheesham diwan with the polyester back is the other one we make.