Dining Table with 6 Chairs in Carved Teak and Buttoned Backs

When a client asks for a taller chair back than the one we photographed, there is a decision to make that most people never think about: does the buttoning grid get bigger, or does it get more rows?

Adding rows is the easy answer and the wrong one. Keep the diamonds the same size and add a row, and the chair now has a different number of buttons from the one in the picture - which matters, because a buttoned back is read as a pattern and the pattern's density is most of its character. More rows of the same size makes a tall back look busy and slightly cheap, like a quilted panel rather than a piece of upholstery.

So we scale instead. The grid is enlarged in proportion to the back, keeping the same number of rows and columns, so a taller chair has larger diamonds rather than more of them. The proportions of the buttoning stay in step with the proportions of the chair.

There is a limit - a diamond can only get so large before the fill between buttons starts to feel loose - and where a client wants a back tall enough to pass it, we say so and suggest going to more rows with a slightly reduced size, which is a different look and an honest one.

It is the sort of thing decided in a five-minute conversation at the drawing stage, and it is the difference between six chairs that look designed and six that look scaled up.

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

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

Top: shaped with a moulded edge over a carved frieze.

Base: twin carved pedestals, clear of every seating position.

Chairs: carved crests above tall deep-buttoned backs, upholstered seats, sabre back legs.

Buttoning: the grid is scaled to the back height rather than given extra rows, so the pattern stays in proportion to the chair.

Carver: matching back with open arms set to clear the table frieze.

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

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

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

Buttoned backs mark if anything presses a button into the padding, so each chair is covered with soft non-abrasive sheeting laid over rather than pulled tight.

The carved crests are padded to their own outlines, the sabre back legs padded along their length, and the carver's arms padded along their full run. Chairs are crated individually and never nested.

The shaped top travels face-protected with a rigid board and edge-protected continuously round its perimeter. The two pedestals travel crated together, each padded around its full circumference.

Unpack the chairs first, then the base, then the top. 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, back height, buttoning, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. The buttoning grid is scaled to the back height you choose, so that decision is settled before upholstery starts.

Dispatch waits for the finish to cure fully. We share the schedule at confirmation, 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 and back height to dimensions that will reach the room.

Every frame in the set carries a 20-year warranty on solid teak frame and joinery - the table, both pedestals 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 hand-applied finishes are wearing surfaces and are handled separately. We re-cover and re-finish our own furniture at any age, and your specification - including the buttoning grid as built - stays on file so a re-covered chair matches the other five exactly.