Cane Back Chair in Carved Teak - Gold with Rose Garland Arms

Caning is one of the few crafts in furniture that has never been improved on by machine, and the reason is that a real cane panel is woven into the chair rather than made separately and fitted.

A row of small holes is drilled around the inside of the frame. The caner then works strand by strand through those holes - first one direction, then the other, then diagonally both ways - building six layers that lock each other in place. Nothing is glued. The panel holds because of the way it is interlaced and because every strand is tensioned against its neighbours.

That is what allows cane to follow a curve. This back is a balloon shape, wider at the shoulders and drawn in below, and a pre-woven sheet pressed into a groove would ripple or pull flat across it. A hand-woven panel simply takes the shape it is worked into.

Tension is judged by feel. Too slack and the panel sags the first time someone leans on it; too tight and it will not accommodate the movement of a chair in use. A caner learns this by hand over years - there is no gauge for it.

Finished properly, the surface is springy rather than rigid, which is exactly what you want against your back, and it can be rewoven decades later without the frame being disturbed.

Frame: Solid teak throughout - balloon back frame, seat rails, arms and legs. No veneer over engineered board.

Cane: Hand-woven six-way cane panel worked strand by strand into the drilled back frame, not a pre-made sheet. Tone chosen with you.

Construction: Carved rose garlands running the full length of both arms onto the seat rail, carved rosette arm terminals, carved seat rail following the round seat, cabriole legs with carved toes.

Upholstery: Padded lower back and deeply stuffed round seat in fabric of your choice; we can source fabric on your behalf.

Finish: Hand-applied gold leaf, burnished. Silver or champagne leaf, painted tones or natural teak can be specified.

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

Available: Singly or in pairs.

Made: Handcrafted Indian luxury, produced to order by master Indian artisans.

The cane panel is the one surface on this chair that must never take a load, so a rigid shaped guard is fitted over the whole back opening, spanning from frame edge to frame edge, and nothing bears on the weave at any point.

The gilded carving is covered first in a soft, lint-free wrap laid on without tension, since burnished leaf marks under pressure long before timber does.

The rose garlands run the full length of both arms and stand proudest on the piece. Foam is shaped to bridge over each garland along its whole run, bearing on the arm body beneath rather than onto the roses, and the carved rosette terminals get individual rigid guards.

The upholstered seat is covered in a breathable protective layer that will not compress the filling.

Each cabriole leg is padded with a rigid guard over the carved toe. The chair then goes into a rigid outer carton braced internally. Ordered as a pair, each chair is crated separately rather than stacked. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Free delivery is included anywhere in India, with no distance surcharge and nothing added at the end. Metros, tier-two cities and smaller towns are served on the same terms, and a pair ships on the same free terms as a single chair.

Production begins once your dimensions, fabric, cane tone, carving depth and finish are confirmed in writing. Caning is done after the frame is carved, gilded and cured, and it is slow hand work, so we give you an honest timeline and keep you updated as the chair moves through frame making, carving, gilding, caning and upholstery.

We dispatch through carriers experienced with carved, gilded and caned furniture, and send tracking details as soon as the chair leaves us.

On arrival our team brings the chair in, positions it, checks it sits firm and level and removes all packaging. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed - if anything is not right, tell us and we will resolve it.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the balloon back frame, the seat rails, the arms and every leg joint.

The back frame carries a specific demand on this design. A caned panel puts an inward pull on the frame all the way around it - every tensioned strand is trying to draw the sides together - so the frame has to be strong enough to resist that permanently, not just at the moment it is woven. Ours is jointed solid teak, sized for that load.

The arms are covered too. Each sweeps a long way forward from the back frame with no support beneath its front end, so it is jointed into the back and into the seat rail rather than relying on the joint at one end alone.

The teak carries a lifetime warranty against termite damage for as long as you own the chair. Cane can be rewoven decades from now without the frame being disturbed - which is one of the reasons it is worth having.

If anything covered needs attention, send us your order details and photographs and our artisans will handle the repair or replacement.