Category · Furniture sourcing · India

Furniture.

Solid wood · iron · industrial · hand-carved

MOQ 50 · 60-day lead · FSC sheesham · moisture-controlled

MOQ

50 units

Lead time

55–70 days

Clusters

Jodhpur · Saharanpur

Certifications

FSC · BSCI · ISO 9001

QC standard

Moisture · structural · finish · AQL 2.5

Heritage

Princely-era craft + modern industrial

The category

Solid wood · iron · industrial · hand-carved

Solid-wood and metal furniture — dining, bedroom, seating, occasional and industrial — sourced from India's two furniture hubs: Jodhpur (solid sheesham, mango, iron) and Saharanpur (hand-carved screens, panels, inlay). FSC chain-of-custody available end-to-end.

Sheesham (Indian rosewood)Mango woodAcaciaTeakWrought ironRecycled wood

Finishes available

  • Natural oil · wax · lacquer matte / satin / gloss
  • Hand-distressed · two-tone · cerused
  • Powder-coated iron (black, gunmetal, brass)
  • Brass / bone / mother-of-pearl inlay

Products developed

  • Dining tables & chairs
  • Bedroom & wardrobes
  • Sofas, ottomans, benches
  • Industrial-iron tables & consoles
  • Carved screens & panels
  • Sideboards & cabinets

Why India

WhyfurniturefromIndiaandnotanywhereelse.

  1. / 01

    Jodhpur is the world's largest exporter of solid-wood furniture by SKU count — kiln-dried sheesham and mango with verified 10–12% moisture content.

  2. / 02

    Saharanpur's carving tradition is registered with India's GI Registry; intricate hand-carving at scale is uneconomic in any other geography.

  3. / 03

    Iron forging, brass inlay, bone inlay and mother-of-pearl inlay all sit within a 200-km radius of Jodhpur — multi-material SKUs ship as one container.

  4. / 04

    Single-shop integration: dining + bedroom + living ranges can be built in one factory, sampled in six weeks, signed off before catalogue.

India vs the rest of the world

WhatIndiadoesthatotherscan't.

A straight comparison — what we hear from buyers who've sourced from each geography.

China

Engineered wood, MDF, veneers at low MOQs. Solid hardwood at retail-friendly cost is rare.

Vietnam

Strong rubberwood and engineered. Solid sheesham/mango not available; carving is light.

Indonesia

Excellent teak — but limited industrial-iron, smaller carving capacity, longer lead times.

India

FSC sheesham + mango + acacia, hand-carved + machine, iron forging in-cluster. 50-unit MOQ.

Testing & inspection — Furniture

Every test, every certificate, photographed and archived.

The protocols Asia Sourcing runs on every furniture container — in-house and through ISO-accredited third-party labs.

/ 01

Moisture meter

Every batch verified at 10–12% moisture content before assembly and before container.

/ 02

Joinery & structural

Mortise-tenon, dovetail, screw-pull and load testing per EN 1728 / BIFMA where required.

/ 03

Finish testing

Pencil hardness, gloss meter, chemical resistance (water, alcohol, household cleaners).

/ 04

Heavy-metal lab

Lead, cadmium, chromium VI checked on lacquer, stains and powder-coats.

/ 05

FSC chain-of-custody

Full timber provenance documents on FSC orders — mill to invoice.

/ 06

AQL 2.5

Final random inspection on 100% of containers, with carton-level photo evidence.

Clusters that make it

Wherefurnitureisactuallymade.

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