Blue Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Gold Finish Frames

A large medallion damask has one motif per repeat, and where that motif lands is the whole job.

On the chair back it is straightforward - the medallion is centred on the panel, vertically and horizontally, and every chair is cut to the same registration so all six show the medallion in the same place. That much any upholsterer would do.

The seat is where it gets interesting. Centre the medallion on the seat and it looks perfect on an empty chair and disappears the moment anyone sits down, because a seated person covers the back two-thirds of the seat. What actually shows, in a room full of people, is the front strip of the seat and the corners.

So we set the seat motif forward of centre. Not so far that an empty chair looks wrong - the eye is forgiving of a motif slightly forward on a seat, because that is where it is expected to be seen - but far enough that the pattern is still visible when the chair is occupied.

The difference is a couple of inches on a cutting layout. It is the difference between a dining room that looks upholstered when it is empty and one that looks upholstered when it is full, which is the state it is actually bought for.

Set: one dining table with chairs, made together as one commission.

Frames: solid teak throughout, hand-carved by master Indian artisans.

Top: shaped oval with an inset centre panel inside a moulded surround.

Base: carved pedestal supports over a shaped base, clear of every seating position.

Chairs: shaped upholstered backs inside deeply carved gilded frames with carved crests.

Upholstery: royal blue medallion damask as photographed - back motifs centred, seat motifs set forward of centre so the pattern still reads with the chair occupied.

Finish: hand-laid gold; silver, ivory, walnut and natural teak also available.

Joinery: mortise and tenon throughout, corner-blocked at every seat rail.

Options: any chair count, with carvers at the ends.

Dimensions: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

Gold leaf marks under pressure, so every gilded frame is wrapped in soft non-abrasive sheeting laid on loosely before anything firmer goes near it.

The carved crests and the gilded frames around each chair back are padded individually with foam formed to their own shapes. Chairs are crated separately and never nested.

The oval top travels face-protected with a rigid board, edge-protected around its whole curved perimeter - a curve has no corner to absorb a knock - and the inset centre panel is separately covered. The pedestal supports and shaped base are boxed in shaped foam.

Unpack the chairs first, then the base, then the top. Nothing needs dismantling and no fixing has to be undone.

Delivery is free anywhere in India for the whole set, and every piece is guaranteed to arrive dent-free. If anything is wrong when the crates are opened, correcting it is our cost, and we commit to that before you order.

Production begins once the table size, chair count, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. Table and chairs are made together and dispatched together so the gilding matches exactly across every piece.

Dispatch waits for the hand-laid gold to cure fully. We share the schedule at confirmation, update you as each stage completes, and send tracking as soon as the crates leave us.

Open the crates with the delivery team present and check every piece. An oval top cannot be angled through a doorway the way a rectangle can, so send us your access measurements at the order stage and we set the size to a dimension that will reach the room.

Every frame in the set carries a 20-year warranty on solid teak frame and joinery - the table, its pedestal supports and each chair on identical terms.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs on every piece, resting on teak's own oils rather than on an applied treatment, and issued in writing with the set.

Both documents are tied to your order and handed over on delivery, so the record stays with you. If a covered fault appears on one piece, send photographs and we repair or replace that piece alone.

Upholstery and hand-laid gold are wearing surfaces and are handled separately. We re-cover and re-gild our own furniture at any age, and your cutting layout - including the forward seat registration - stays on file, so a chair re-covered years later matches the rest exactly.