Dining Room Table Set in Solid Teak with Silver Carved Detail

There is a part of every dining chair that gets finished as though nobody will see it, and it is the part people see most: the inside faces of the legs.

The logic seems sound. A chair is pushed in under the table for most of its life, and the inner faces of its legs are hidden behind the ones in front. Plenty of workshops finish them lightly for that reason - one coat, no polishing, move on.

But a chair is only pushed in when nobody is using it. The moment it is pulled out - which is every meal, and every time someone walks past a laid table - the inner legs are the surfaces facing the room. On a dark polished set they are exactly where the light falls when a chair is at an angle, and an unpolished inner leg reads as a grey patch against the shine of everything else.

So ours are finished to the same standard as every other face: the same number of coats, cut back the same way, polished the same. The legs are done before assembly, when every face can be reached properly, rather than afterwards with a brush pushed into a corner.

It adds a real amount of finishing time across six chairs. It is why a chair pulled out from this table looks the same as one pushed in.

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

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

Top: shaped with a moulded edge over a carved and silver-picked frieze.

Legs: carved with acanthus knees; all faces including the inner ones finished to the same standard, before assembly.

Chairs: carved crests over upholstered backs and seats.

Upholstery: woven medallion pattern as photographed; plain cloths and any fabric or leather available.

Finish: deep polish with silver-picked carving; gold, plain timber and painted finishes also available.

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

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

A deep polished surface is scratched by grit rather than impact, so every piece is wiped clean and wrapped in soft non-abrasive sheeting before anything firmer goes near it.

The silver-picked carving sits on the raised faces, which meet everything during handling, so the carved crests, the frieze and the acanthus knees are padded individually with foam formed to each shape.

Chairs are crated individually and never nested, with upholstered faces covered in soft sheeting. All four legs of each chair are padded along their length rather than only at the feet.

The shaped top travels face-protected with a rigid board and edge-protected continuously round its perimeter. Unpack the chairs first, 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. Legs are finished before assembly so every face can be reached properly, which puts finishing earlier in the schedule than clients sometimes expect.

Dispatch waits for the polish and the silver 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, including the inner faces of the chair legs. Send us your doorway, lift and stair measurements at the order stage and we set the top size accordingly.

Every frame in the set carries a 20-year warranty on solid teak frame and joinery - the table and all six chairs 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 finishes are wearing surfaces and are handled separately. A fully finished frame - inner faces included - is also easier to renew later, because there is no under-finished surface to bring up to the standard of the rest.