3 Seater Leather Sofa in Carved Teak - Champagne with Pierced Crest

The Fifth Leg

Look under the front of most three seater sofas and you will find four legs, one at each corner. That is fine on a two seater and marginal on a three, because the front rail spanning between the front legs is carrying a substantial share of the seat load and is behaving as a beam. Beams deflect at their midpoint. Over years, that deflection becomes permanent, the front edge of the seat drops in the middle, and the cushions start to slope inward. It is one of the most common ways a long sofa ages badly, and it is entirely a design decision rather than bad luck.

Adding a fifth leg under the centre of the apron halves the span and removes the problem. It is not free to do. The carved apron has to be laid out so its ornament resolves around the centre leg instead of running through it, which means the scrollwork is designed for this specific arrangement rather than repeated along the rail, and the leg itself has to be carved to match the four at the corners. Most manufacturers skip it because it costs money and nobody notices its absence in a showroom. We add it because the difference shows up in year eight, not week one. The whole frame is carved and assembled by hand by master Indian artisans.

Specifications: Champagne Leather Carved Teak Sofa

The sofa as photographed is described below. Because it is built to your order, treat each line as a default.

• Frame and carving: solid teak wood, hand-carved and hand-finished by master Indian artisans
• Seating: three seats as shown, with three separate seat cushions; two, four or a custom length available
• Upholstery: champagne metallic leather, buttoned across the back panel
• Back: pierced carved crest cut through the full width, rising to a centre cartouche
• Arms: rolled leather over deeply carved volutes
• Apron: deep carved foliate scrollwork across the front, laid out around a centre leg
• Legs: five carved legs, four at the corners and one beneath the centre of the front span
• Frame finish: champagne, tone-matched close to the leather
• Upholstery options: leather in any colour, or velvet, damask, linen, silk or a fabric you supply
• Finish options: champagne as shown, or gold, antique gold, rose gold or silver
• Cushions: firmness specified to your preference; a single bench cushion available instead of three
• Size: custom sizes made to order; final measurements confirmed in writing before production
• Warranty: 20 years on solid teak frame and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage
• Delivery: free across India with guaranteed dent-free arrival

Packing a Long Frame With a Centre Leg

The centre leg changes how this sofa has to be crated. On a four-legged piece the frame is carried on its seat rails and the legs hang clear; with a fifth leg set under the middle of the apron, that leg sits at exactly the point where a support bar would normally run, so the cradle is built with a relief around it and the load is taken on the seat rails either side. Every leg, including the centre one, is individually wrapped and rigid-guarded, since carved legs are the most commonly damaged component in furniture transit.

The pierced crest travels suspended, with foam cut so the openwork sits in a void and the padding bears only on the solid frame below, and nothing is strapped across it. Leather is faced with a soft breathable layer laid directly against the hide, never printed or dyed material, and no strap crosses the buttoned back, since pressure on a button leaves an indentation in leather that does not relax out the way it does in cloth. The three seat cushions are packed uncompressed and separately. Champagne carving is wrapped in non-abrasive facing throughout. Dent-free, unmarked and with the frame true, or we make it right.

Free Delivery Across India on This Made-to-Order Sofa

Delivery is free anywhere in India with no distance surcharge and nothing added to your invoice for freight. Production starts once your specification is confirmed. Two stages take the time here: cutting the pierced crest, which is unforgiving work where a broken bridge means remaking the component, and the leatherwork, since a three seater back requires more than one hide and the seams have to be planned around the buttoning before any cutting begins. We give you a realistic completion window at sign-off and will tell you at enquiry if a fixed date cannot be met.

The sofa ships in cradled crated packing under our dent-free arrival guarantee, and we keep you informed from dispatch to arrival. Our team places it in the room and we ask you to check the leather, the buttoning and the pierced crest with them present so anything you are unhappy with is raised on the spot. Measure your entrance door and stair turns against the full width of the sofa including the arm volutes, which project beyond the seat, and tell us at enquiry if access is tight so the frame can be engineered accordingly.

Warranty on a Five-Legged Frame

The solid teak frame and joinery are guaranteed for 20 years from delivery, and termite damage is covered for the life of the sofa with no expiry. The front rail and its centre support are the members this warranty is really about, since a sagging front edge is how a long sofa fails and it is a structural fault rather than wear. That rail is solid teak, the carved apron forms part of its depth rather than being applied to its face, and the centre leg is jointed into it rather than screwed on. All of it is covered for the full term. The pierced crest is decorative and is covered against manufacturing failure rather than impact.

The leather, the cushion interiors and the champagne finish sit outside the structural warranty. Metallic-finish leather behaves slightly differently from a plain aniline hide: it is more resistant to marking and staining, and it develops less patina, but the metallic surface can burnish at points of constant friction such as the front edge of the seat. That is normal for the material and we would rather explain it than have you discover it. We reupholster, replace cushion interiors and re-finish our own sofas at any point at an honest price. Keep the sofa indoors and out of prolonged direct sun.