Four timbers, solid throughout — no ply, no veneer.
A tree tells its age through its rings — each one a record of the seasons it endured. Our manufactory tells its story the same way. What follows are the rings of SARAF Export Palace: the moments that thickened the grain.
Shri Shiv Prasad Saraf opens a timber yard in Sardarshahar, Rajasthan. Not a workshop — a trade in raw sheesham and mango, and the judgement to grade it.
After twenty-five years of trading wood, the family begins shaping it. Twelve artisans, two species, one quiet ambition.
A single container of solid sheesham furniture sails to Rotterdam. It becomes the foundation of our European portfolio — today our largest region.
We relocate to a purpose-built campus — kilns, seasoning yards, finishing halls, and an on-site design studio, all under one roof.
Every trunk we receive from this year forward carries VRIKSH-verified legal origin. No exceptions. No shortcuts.
The studio begins publishing its own collections rather than building only to buyers' drawings — indexed, photographed, and carried to the international fairs.
A 1.2 MW rooftop installation now offsets 60% of the manufactory's energy. Kilns, lathes, and finishing lines run on Rajasthan sun.
From a twelve-man shed in Sardarshahar to a manufactory that dispatches weekly to four continents. Three decades of patience, thickening the grain.
Four minutes, west gate to east bay, in the order the work happens. Eight stations, one direction — nothing doubles back.
Two independent standards govern what leaves this campus — one for where the timber came from, one for how the people who worked it are treated. Both are audited by outside parties, and documented per shipment.
Where the wood came from
India’s timber legality standard, issued by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts. Every board we buy carries a documented legal-origin line, certificated per shipment.
What it means for you A traceable chain of custody for the timber in your container — the evidence your own due-diligence obligations ask for.
How the people are treated
Our manufacturing units are SEDEX members and submit to SMETA 4-Pillar audits — labour standards, health & safety, environment, and business ethics, examined on site by an independent auditor.
What it means for you An audit report you can pull into your own compliance file, rather than a supplier’s word for it.
Alongside ISO 9001 quality management, and BSCI / amfori certification in process.
The full record
The catalog is organised the way the workshop thinks — by category first, then by collection: a set of pieces that share a language of proportion, joinery and finish. Each opens with a preview, with the full range on request.
Browse the CatalogEvery shipment begins in Sardarshahar. Watch our live trade routes unfold — 40+ countries, one workshop, three decades of trust.
In our trade, a promise is only as strong as the joint that carries it. Each of the four standards below is drawn in the language of the workshop — the same joinery our artisans have cut by hand for thirty-two years.
Every piece we ship is made of solid timber — never veneer, never MDF, never a shortcut dressed as a standard. Like a dovetail, our construction is visible proof of the material: what you see on the surface is what runs all the way through.
Our timber is traced from verified plantation to the finished piece — every board, every batch, documented. A mortise only accepts the tenon it was cut for; we only accept timber whose provenance fits the standard.
Our 800+ artisans work to a single bench standard — trained, measured, and paid fairly, with health cover and a skills programme that trains the next generation. Like a finger joint, many parts must align with the same tolerance for the whole to hold.
Many of our export relationships are older than most furniture companies. A lap joint binds two members into a single structural line — no hierarchy, no hidden fasteners. That is how we work with our buyers: overlapping, measured, and permanent.
