Breakfast Table Set in Carved Teak with Tall Floral Chairs

A carver at a round table has a problem a carver at a rectangular one does not: it never approaches the table square.

At a long table, a carver sits at the end and pushes straight in - its arms meet the apron at ninety degrees and clearing them is a single measurement. At a round table, a chair comes in on a radius, and as it is pushed home the arms meet a curved edge. One arm touches before the other unless the chair is dead on centre, and it very rarely is - people push a chair in from wherever they happen to be standing.

So the arm height on a carver for a round table is set with margin rather than to a minimum. We take the lowest point of the table's carved frieze anywhere around its circumference - not the average, the lowest - and clear that, so the chair slides in at any angle without hunting for the right one.

The arm is also shaped so its highest point sits behind the line where it meets the table, which means the elbow is still supported properly even though the front of the arm has been kept low.

Nobody notices a carver that pushes in. Everybody notices one that has to be lined up first, every single day.

Set: one round breakfast table with chairs including a carver, made together as one commission.

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

Top: small round, with a protective glass surface over a carved frieze.

Base: turned and carved pedestal on a moulded circular foot, clear of every seating position.

Chairs: tall upholstered backs with carved crests and scrolled detail, upholstered seats.

Carver: open arms set to clear the lowest point of the table's frieze anywhere around its circumference, and shaped so the elbow is supported behind that line.

Upholstery: floral weave as photographed; any fabric or leather available.

Finish: hand-applied ivory with gold-picked carving; other tones available.

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

The round top travels face-protected with a rigid board and edge-protected around its full circumference, since a circle has no corner to absorb a knock on behalf of the rest.

The carver's arms project further than anything else in the set and are padded along their full length. The carved crests are padded to their own outlines and the pedestal's moulded foot boxed around its circumference.

Chairs are crated individually and never nested, with upholstered faces covered in soft non-abrasive sheeting. The table's glass travels in its own crate, edge-protected all round.

Unpack the chairs first, then the base, then the top, and set the glass last with two people.

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 diameter, chair count, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. The carver's arm height is set from the table's own frieze, so both are settled before any frame is cut.

Dispatch waits for the finish 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 every crate with the delivery team present, including the glass, and check each piece. A round top cannot be angled through a narrow doorway, so send us your access measurements at the order stage and we set the diameter to a figure 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 and each chair and carver on identical terms. Carver arm joints take the most abuse of any joint in a dining set and are built accordingly.

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, glass and hand-applied finishes are handled separately. A breakfast set gets more use than any other table in a house, so we expect to re-cover these seats sooner than most - we do that at any age with your cloth reference kept on file.