Bone inlay
Bone inlay, hand-set in Moradabad.
Boxes, trays, picture frames, mirrors, cabinet hardware, stools, side tables, and consoles in hand-set bone, mother-of-pearl, and horn inlay on coloured resin or wood — made in our Moradabad workshop and network for design brands, retailers, and interior projects in the US, UK, and beyond. By-product bone from licensed suppliers, with sourcing declarations.
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Hand-set, piece by piece, then polished flush.
Bone inlay is one of the few crafts that still cannot be faked by a machine: each fragment of bone is cut, shaped, and pressed by hand into a coloured resin or wood base, then the whole surface is sanded flush and polished until the pattern reads as one plane. The look — geometric lattices, florals, chevrons, in ivory on black, navy, grey, blush, or green — has become a signature of American and British interior design, and it is made almost entirely in northern India.
We make it in-house and through our Moradabad network: boxes, trays, picture frames, mirrors, cabinet knobs and pulls, stools and side tables, consoles, chests, and cabinet fronts — plus mother-of-pearl and horn inlay set the same way. The bone is a by-product of the meat industry from licensed suppliers; sourcing declarations are supplied on request.
What buyers order
Small pieces first, then the furniture.
Boxes and trays: jewelry boxes, catch-alls, vanity and serving trays — the entry SKUs of every inlay range.
Frames and mirrors: photo frames in standard sizes and statement wall mirrors — see picture frames.
Knobs and pulls: inlaid cabinet hardware with brass fittings, matched to our brass hardware.
Furniture: stools, side tables, consoles, chests, and drawer fronts — quoted as programs; see accent furniture.
Colourways: ivory bone on black, navy, charcoal, blush, sage, and custom resin colours mixed to your reference.
The specifics
Numbers you can plan around.
- MOQ200 units per SKU for boxes, trays, frames, and hardware; furniture quoted as a program.
- SamplesAbout 10–15 working days by DHL; colour chips faster.
- Production60–90 days for 500–2,000 units (hand-set); phased for larger programs. FOB Nhava Sheva.
- MaterialsBone (meat-industry by-product, licensed suppliers), mother-of-pearl, horn; resin or wood base; brass fittings.
- ComplianceSourcing declarations; REACH; Proposition 65; SMETA-audited workshop.
- PackagingFoam-fitted boxes per unit; furniture in double-wall cartons with corner protection.
How we fit
We set it by hand. Here.
Hands & Craft is a workshop, not a trading house — fifty artisans on our floor in Moradabad and a network of two hundred more across the city, on a 100% solar-powered site. MOQs, lead times, and payment terms are published openly; compliance reports on request; two-hour response during Indian working hours.
Send a pattern reference and a colour and we will quote boxes, trays, frames, or furniture within 24 hours.
From the catalog
Furniture and inlay, a small sample.
A few furniture pieces from the working catalog; bone inlay ranges are quoted from your pattern and colour.
Six of 200 listed pieces in this category. Request access for the rest →
Questions buyers ask
Answered before the first call.
What is bone inlay, and where does the bone come from?
Bone inlay is a Rajasthan-and-Moradabad craft: small pieces of bone are cut, shaped, and set by hand into a resin or wood surface in geometric or floral patterns, then sanded flush and polished. The bone is a by-product of the meat industry (camel and buffalo), sourced from licensed suppliers — never from protected or endangered species, so CITES does not apply. Sourcing declarations are provided for retailers that require them.
What bone inlay products can you make?
Boxes, trays, picture frames, mirrors, knobs and pulls, small tables and stools, consoles, chests, and cabinet fronts, plus mother-of-pearl and horn inlay in the same technique. Bone inlay is 106 listed SKUs in our working catalog and one of the fastest-growing US design categories.
What is the minimum order for bone inlay?
200 units per SKU for boxes, trays, frames, and hardware. Furniture pieces are quoted as a program; small counts are possible inside a larger order.
Can you match our colours and patterns?
Yes — resin base colours are mixed to your reference (Pantone or a sample), and patterns are drawn from your artwork or from our library. Counter-samples in about 10–15 working days because the inlay is set by hand.
How long does a bone inlay order take?
Samples in about 10–15 working days. Production 60–90 days for 500–2,000 units because every piece is hand-set; larger programs in phases. FOB Nhava Sheva.
Start here
Send the pattern.
Two-minute form. Two-hour reply. Fifteen-day sample. Inlay ranges usually start with a box and a tray.
