Classic Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Leaf Carved Backs

A carved leaf has a direction, and it is not always the direction the chair back runs in.

The strength of a carved leaf is in its stem and along its spine - that is where the grain must run, because a leaf tip carved across the grain will snap off at the first knock. But a spray of leaves turns as it climbs: one leaf falls to the left, the next curls right, another arches back on itself. Cut that whole spray from a single upright board and half the leaves are working across the grain, and those are the ones that break.

So our splats are not cut from one piece. The spray is designed as a set of members, each one taken from a blank oriented to its own leaf, and they are jointed to each other where the design allows a join to hide - inside a curl, behind a stem, at the point where two leaves cross.

The joints are cut and fitted before any carving is done, so the splat is assembled as a blank and then carved as a whole. That way the carver works across the joins rather than up to them, and the finished surface flows through them.

Look at a finished splat and it appears to have been cut from one piece of wood. It could not have been - and if it had, half of it would be gone in ten years.

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

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

Chair backs: tall open splats carved as acanthus sprays, built from separate members each oriented so its leaf has long grain, jointed before carving and then carved as a whole.

Crests: shell-carved above each splat.

Seats: upholstered.

Table top: shaped with a moulded edge over a carved apron.

Legs: cabriole with carved knees.

Upholstery: grey woven cloth as photographed; any fabric or leather available.

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

Options: an upholstered panel can be fitted behind the splat; any chair count.

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

An open carved splat is the most exposed thing in this set - it has air on both sides and leaf tips standing free, so nothing supports it except the frame it is jointed into.

Each splat is packed with shaped foam formed into the openings around the leaves rather than pressed against them, so the foam supports the carving instead of loading it. The shell crests are padded to their own outlines.

Chairs are crated individually and never nested, with upholstered seats covered in soft non-abrasive sheeting. The shaped table top is face-protected with a rigid board and edge-protected continuously; the carved knees and feet of each leg are padded individually.

Unpack the chairs first, lifting each by the seat rail rather than by the splat, then the table.

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. Carved splats take longer than upholstered backs, and that is built into the schedule we share with you at the start.

Dispatch waits for the finish to cure fully. We 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. Send us your doorway, lift and stair measurements at the order stage and we set the top 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 and each chair on identical terms. The carved splats are structural members of the chair back and are covered along with the rest.

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. If a covered fault appears on one piece, send photographs and we repair or replace that piece alone.

Upholstery and hand-applied finishes are wearing surfaces and are handled separately. We re-cover and re-finish our own furniture at any age, and the splat patterns stay with your specification so an added chair is built exactly like the originals.