Chaise Lounge Sofa in Carved Teak - White Frame in Duck Egg Blue

The chaise longue began as a chair that grew - literally, a long chair - and for two centuries it was the only piece of furniture on which it was acceptable to recline in a drawing room. Attaching one to the end of a sofa is a later idea, and a good one: it gives a large seating piece somewhere to end that is more interesting than an arm.

The detail that makes it work is the sweep of the back. It has to fall continuously from full height at the corner to nothing at the open end, and the curve has to be judged by eye rather than drawn with a compass - too fast and it looks broken, too slow and it never resolves. Our master Indian artisans cut that curve full size in a template first and stand it up in the workshop to look at before any timber is committed.

Using two weaves of one colour - stripe on the seats, plain on the backs - is an old upholsterer's device for breaking up a big piece without introducing a second colour. It works because stripes read as horizontal and plain reads as flat, so the eye separates them without noticing why.

Material: Solid teak frame throughout, including backs, arm, chaise return, apron and legs.

Back: Smooth shaped upholstery under carved white crests that rise above the main seating and again, higher, over the chaise, with the top rail dipping between them.

Chaise: Tall shaped back sweeping down in a continuous curve to an open end for lying full length.

Arm: Deep carved outward-scrolling volute with a bolster.

Apron and legs: Pierced carved apron running the full length, carved cabriole legs.

Upholstery: Shown in duck egg blue, striped on the seats and plain on the backs; any fabric and colour, in one weave or two.

Finish: White as shown, and available in ivory, champagne, gold, silver, walnut or natural teak tones.

Configuration: Chaise built on the left or right hand as your room requires.

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

The sofa travels in sections with joints engineered for assembly in your room, each packed separately and labelled in assembly order.

Upholstered surfaces are bagged in breathable covers, and firm packing bears only on the carved frame, never on the smooth backs or the seat cushions - smooth upholstery shows a crease permanently where buttoned work would hide it.

The carved crests are given shaped foam shells, and the swept chaise back is supported along its whole curve rather than at points.

The pierced apron is foam-faced from both sides so its cut-through sections are held, and the deep arm volute and cabriole legs are collared individually. White surfaces are covered first in a soft non-marking layer.

Fittings travel in a labelled pouch. Everything is crated together with handling instructions. Every photograph on this page shows the actual sofa before packing - not a render.

Delivery is free anywhere in India and included in the price you are quoted, with no freight, packing or handling charge added later.

Production begins once your dimensions, chaise hand, fabric and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own sofa as the frame is carved and the upholstery built.

On arrival the sections are carried in and assembled in your room, levelled, and the upholstery checked over before the piece is positioned. Tell us your lift dimensions, staircase turns and doorway widths when you order and we size the sections to your access. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right, tell us and we will make it right.

The solid teak frame and joinery are covered for 20 years - the back frame, the arm, the chaise return, the pierced apron, the cabriole legs and every joint between them. A chaise is loaded differently from a seat, because people lie along it and put their full weight across two or three points rather than sitting square, and the frame is built for that.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with it for as long as you own the sofa, backed by teak's own resistance and confirmed in writing.

Re-covering is straightforward later: we keep the specification of your exact piece on file, including the swept curve of the chaise back and the hand it was built on, so new panels follow the same profile. Cushions can be refilled at the same time and the white finish cleaned back and re-laid. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain what it involves before starting.