Dining Set with Upholstered Chairs in Carved Teak and Champagne

The front edge of a dining seat is where a chair is won or lost, and it is the detail nobody looks at.

Sit down for twenty minutes and any seat is fine. Sit through a long meal and a seat with a firm, square front edge starts to press into the underside of the thigh, just behind the knee. The pressure is on the same spot the whole time, and people respond by perching forward or crossing their legs - shifting about, without ever identifying why.

So our dining seats are built with the front edge falling away. The stuffing is carried over the front rail and rolled down, so the top of the seat curves gently to its edge instead of stopping at one. The rail itself is set back and rounded beneath, so there is no hard line anywhere under the leg.

It costs a little seat depth, which is why we take the seat depth as a finished dimension from the client and build the roll on top of it rather than inside it. Where a set is being made for someone particularly tall or short, the roll and the seat height are adjusted together, because the two only work as a pair.

Nobody comments on the front edge of a chair. They comment on how long they sat at the table.

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

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

Table top: protective glass over a timber surface, with a fluted apron beneath.

Legs: cabriole, carved at the knee with a scrolled corner mount.

Chairs: tall shaped backs upholstered on both the inner and outer faces, with carved crests above.

Seats: stuffing carried over and rolled down at the front, with the front rail set back and rounded beneath.

Upholstery: pale damask and plain velvet as photographed; one cloth or two, your choice.

Finish: hand-applied champagne; gold, silver, ivory, walnut and natural teak 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.

Chairs upholstered on both faces have no unfinished side to rest against packing, so each is fully wrapped in soft non-abrasive sheeting before anything firmer touches it, and none are nested inside one another.

Each carved crest is padded to its own shape, and the rolled front edge of every seat - the part that catches on a doorway when a chair is carried - is padded along its full width.

The table's glass travels in its own crate, edge-protected all round and never packed against timber. The top is face-protected with a rigid board; the fluted apron and the carved knees of each leg are padded individually.

Unpack the chairs first for floor space, then the table, then set the glass last with two people. Nothing needs dismantling and no fixing has to be undone.

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. Table and chairs are made together and dispatched together, so the champagne finish matches exactly across every piece.

We share the schedule at confirmation and update you as carving, finishing and upholstery complete. Tracking is shared as soon as the crates leave us and our team agrees the delivery window with you directly.

Open every crate with the delivery team present, including the glass, and check each piece before they leave. 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. Dining chairs are pushed, dragged and leaned back on daily, so their seat rails are corner-blocked and covered on exactly the same terms as the table.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs on every piece, resting on teak's own oil content 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 from the structural cover. We re-cover and re-finish our own furniture at any age, and your specification stays on file - including the seat depth and the front roll - so a chair re-covered years later sits exactly as it did when it was new.