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Round honey-toned onyx tabletop resting in a glossy cream bowl-shaped base on a tapering cone pedestal.
Materials · Onyx & Semi-Precious Stone

Onyx & Semi-Precious Stone Furniture in India, Made to Your Size

Onyx is a banded stone that light passes through. Put a lamp behind a slab of it and the whole panel glows amber, honey or green from the inside. That is why we use it for table tops, console fronts and bar backs — it is the one material in a room that lights itself. We cut every piece to your size from a slab you approve, so no two onyx tops we make are the same.

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IThe material

Onyx & Semi-Precious Stone, Explained Plainly

What it is, what it does well, what it does not, and how to look after it. Written by the people who cut it.

What onyx is, and why it glows

Onyx is a banded form of calcite. The bands are thin enough that light travels through them, which no marble does. Cut a slab to 18 or 20mm, put an LED sheet behind it, and the stone turns into a lamp with a pattern nobody can copy — because the pattern is the rock.

It comes in honey, amber, white, green and a deep smoke grey. Every slab is different, and the difference is the point. We show you the actual slab before it is cut, so what you approve is what arrives.

Agate furniture in India, and other semi-precious stone

Agate furniture in India means a piece faced with slices of agate, a banded stone that is harder and far more colourful than onyx. We cut it into small panels and set them into a table top, a drawer front or a door, ringed in brass. Every slice is different, so no two panels repeat.

Petrified wood is a tree that turned to stone over millions of years; cut across the grain it still shows the rings. Selenite and quartz behave the same way. All of these come in small, irregular pieces, so we use them as inlay in a field of marble or dark wood, never as a whole top.

Mother-of-pearl furniture in India, inlaid by hand

Mother-of-pearl furniture in India is furniture inlaid with shell. We cut the lining of the shell into small shapes and set each one by hand into wood, stone or resin. It is not printed and it is not a foil. Each piece is placed one at a time, which is why a panel takes days rather than hours.

It shifts colour as you walk past it, and that movement is what makes a piece feel alive under a lamp. We have set it into coffee tables, a carved centre table, a pedestal side table and a stone dining table.

Living with onyx

Onyx is softer than marble and it does not like acid. Wipe a spill straight away, use a coaster under a glass of lime or wine, and clean it with a soft cloth and warm water. Never use a bathroom cleaner or anything with vinegar or lemon in it.

Sealed properly and looked after, an onyx top lasts decades. We seal every top before it leaves the factory and tell you when to do it again.

Semi-precious stone furniture manufacturer in India, not a slab supplier

Most of what you find searching for semi-precious stone in India is a slab yard. They sell you the stone and stop there. We are a manufacturer: we buy the slab, cut it to your dimension, build the base it sits on, wire the light behind it if it is backlit, seal it, crate it and deliver it.

That matters because a stone top is the easy half. The hard half is the frame that carries it without cracking, the joint where stone meets metal, and getting a heavy, brittle panel into your room intact. We do all of that in one factory, so nobody is blaming anybody else if a corner chips.

IIIn the shop

Onyx & Semi-Precious Stone Pieces You Can Order Now

Every one shown three ways — the piece alone, everything it is made of, and the same piece in a real room.

IIIThe showroom

Everything We Have Made in Onyx & Semi-Precious Stone

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IVSignature

Signature Onyx & Semi-Precious Stone Pieces

The pieces we show when someone asks what we can do with it.

Designatore round coffee table with a pale ivory top hand-inlaid with mother-of-pearl and shell in a flowing paisley motif, on a faceted taupe-bronze pedestal with a sunburst base.
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Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Coffee Table

Mother-of-pearl inlay · taupe-bronze pedestal

This one stops the conversation. The pale ivory top is hand-inlaid, piece by piece, with real mother-of-pearl and shell that shimmers as you move around it — a flowing pattern no machine can copy. It sits on a faceted pedestal and a sunburst base. Put it in the middle of your seating and let people lean in.

Coffee tableCentre tableMother-of-pearl inlaySunburst base
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Designatore centre table with an octagonal mother-of-pearl inlay top edged in beaded antique-gold metal, on a hand-carved gold base with acanthus-leaf curved supports.
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Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Carved Centre Table

Mother-of-pearl inlay top · hand-carved antique-gold base

Old-world grandeur you can gather around. The top is laid by hand with real mother-of-pearl, shell set piece by piece into a soft ivory field so it catches the light as you walk around it — framed by a beaded gold edge. Under it, curved supports are carved by hand into flowing leaves and finished in antique gold. It is the table that makes a whole room feel like a palace, built to your size.

Mother-of-pearl inlay tableCentre tableCarved gold baseOctagonal top
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Designatore square coffee table with a polished brown agate stone top framed in brushed brass, hand-fluted wood side panels and a dark base on minimalist brass legs.
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Agate Stone Fluted Coffee Table

Agate stone top · fluted wood · brushed brass

Modern, warm and quietly grand. A polished brown agate top glows with gold and amber flecks — real stone, so yours is one of a kind — framed by a thin brushed-brass edge. The sides are hand-fluted wood with a soft ribbed rhythm, lifted on slim brass legs. It sits at the middle of your seating and holds the whole room together.

Agate coffee tableStone-top tableFluted woodBrass legs
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Designatore low coffee table with a dark high-gloss burl veneer body and an inset panel of hand-set pale petrified-stone inlay, on a slim recessed gold-tone base.
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Petrified-Stone & Veneer Coffee Table

Dark burl veneer · petrified-stone inlay · gold base

A statement of calm, dark luxury. The body is wrapped in rich high-gloss veneer with a grain that moves like smoke, cut through by an inset panel of pale petrified stone laid by hand, piece by piece. A slim gold base tucks underneath so it seems to float. Big, low and bold — built to be the piece people ask about.

Petrified stone tableCoffee tableBurl veneerStone inlay
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Designatore side table with a soft-triangle top of hand-set selenite precious stone in a radial sunburst inlay on a cream fluted base with bronze ribbed trim.
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Selenite Stone Side Table

Selenite inlay · bronze-ribbed base

Real selenite, set piece by piece into a sunburst you cannot take your eyes off. The soft cream fluted base and bronze rings keep it grounded and calm. It glows quietly in daylight — a small work of art parked right beside your favourite seat.

Side tableSelenite stoneStone inlayFluted base
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Designatore drum-shaped side and centre table with a creamy selenite precious-stone top on a smooth sculpted matte taupe base.
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Selenite Drum Side & Centre Table

Selenite stone · matte sculpted base

Soft, round and calming to look at. A creamy selenite stone top on a smooth sculpted base — use one as a side table, or a pair together as a low centre table. The veining is natural, so yours will be yours alone, and it will never once feel like anyone else's.

Side tableCentre tableSelenite stoneDrum base
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VQuestions

Questions People Ask About Onyx & Semi-Precious Stone

Plain answers, from the workshop floor.

What is semi-precious stone furniture in India made from?

Semi-precious stone furniture is furniture faced with onyx, agate, petrified wood, selenite, quartz or mother-of-pearl rather than plain marble. In India we cut those stones into tops, console fronts, bar backs and inlay panels, then set them by hand in our own factory. You approve the actual slab before anything is cut.

What is onyx furniture?

Onyx furniture is furniture built around a slab of onyx — a banded stone that light passes through. It is used for table tops, console fronts, bar backs and headboard panels. Lit from behind, the stone glows from the inside, which no other stone used in furniture does.

Is onyx stronger or weaker than marble?

Softer. Onyx scratches and stains more easily than marble and reacts to anything acidic — lemon, vinegar, wine, most household cleaners. It is a beautiful material that asks to be looked after, which is why we seal it before delivery and use it for surfaces that are looked at more than they are worked on.

Can you backlight an onyx top?

Yes. We build the light into the piece: an LED sheet behind the slab, wired to a switch or a dimmer, with the cable hidden inside the base. Tell us where the power point is and we run the cable to it.

Do I get to choose the actual slab?

Yes, and you should. Every slab of onyx is different — the bands, the colour, where the seams fall. We photograph the slabs we have and send them to you before anything is cut, so you approve the exact stone that becomes your piece.

What does onyx furniture cost?

It depends on the size of the slab, the grade of the stone, and whether the piece is lit. Every piece is made to your room, so we quote after we know the size — in writing, in both ₹ and $, before any work starts.

Is delivery free?

Yes, and it stays free — no end date, no minimum. We deliver your piece to your door anywhere in mainland India, crate, freight, transit cover, e-way bill and GST included. Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep go by sea at actual cost; outside India is quoted per port.

Is there a minimum order for free delivery?

No. There is no minimum, no remote-area fee and no fuel surcharge. One bedside table travels on the same free terms as a twelve-piece bedroom, to Mumbai or to Leh, and the crate is built around your finished piece.