Easy Chair in Gilded Teak with Blue Damask and Loose Cushion

Follow the gilded frame of this chair with your finger and you will feel a fine raised bead running along its edge, unbroken, all the way from the foot to the crest and back down again. Keeping that bead the same width the whole way is harder than it sounds.

A machine cutter can only run along a curve of one radius at a time, and this frame changes radius constantly - it flattens along the arm, tightens into the scroll, swells over the shoulder of the back. Every change would need a different setup, and every setup leaves a join.

Our carvers use a scratch stock instead: a small hand tool with the bead profile filed into a steel blade, drawn along the edge by hand. Because it follows the wood rather than a fixed path, it can go round any curve without stopping, and the profile it leaves is identical at every point along the run. It takes many passes, each removing almost nothing.

What that gives you is a continuous line of light travelling round the gilded frame with no interruption anywhere. Break it once and the eye catches on the break forever. Never break it, and nobody thinks about it at all.

Frame: solid teak throughout, hand-carved by master Indian artisans, with traditional joinery at every junction.

Show wood: gilded moulded frame running continuously around the back, arms and seat rail, with a hand-run bead along its edge.

Back: shaped and raked, with a carved scrolled crest above an upholstered inside back.

Arms: open gilded arms with separate padded arm pads.

Seat: deep loose cushion over a padded and sprung platform.

Front rail: serpentine, carved with shell and scroll detail.

Legs: cabriole front legs with carved knees and scrolled feet; shaped and gilded rear legs.

Upholstery: blue and silver woven damask as photographed. Any fabric can be used instead, including your own material.

Finish: hand-laid gold leaf on the show wood. Silver, champagne, antiqued gold and plain polished teak are also available.

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

Photography: images on this page are of the actual product, not renders.

The gilded bead that runs round this frame sits on the outermost edge, which is precisely where a carton would press. So the packing is designed to keep anything rigid away from it.

Foam collars go on first at the crest, the arm ends, the carved knees and the scrolled feet - every projecting point. A soft non-abrasive layer wraps all the gilded show wood so nothing coarse ever touches the leaf or the bead. Corrugated panels then build a rigid shell around the chair, and the outer carton has reinforced edges so any stacked weight in transit is taken by the box.

The loose cushion travels wrapped separately, which keeps its edges square and stops the damask being crushed under the weight of the chair. Both the cushion and the fixed upholstery get a breathable cover so dust stays out and moisture does not get held against the cloth. Everything comes off by hand, with no blades needed near the finish.

Free PAN-India delivery is part of the price. There is no zone pricing, no distance surcharge and no freight line added at checkout - the chair costs the same delivered to Coimbatore as to Lucknow.

Dent-free arrival is guaranteed. The chair leaves in multi-layer protective packaging, travels with handlers briefed on gilded and carved furniture, and is checked at each transfer. If anything is wrong when you open it, tell us and we resolve it - that guarantee belongs to us, not to the transport company.

Because it is made to order, production starts once your fabric, finish and measurements are confirmed in writing. You receive a timeline at that point, updates as the chair moves through carving, gilding and upholstery, and a dispatch note with an expected delivery window, so the arrival is planned rather than sprung on you.

The solid teak frame and joinery are covered for 20 years. That is the whole structure - the back frame and its rake, the arm rails and their tenons, the seat frame carrying the cushion, and the legs. If a joint opens or a member fails inside that period, we repair or replace it.

Running with it is a lifetime warranty against termite damage that never expires. Teak's natural oils are what keep termites away from it, and our seasoning and finishing process is built around preserving those oils, so we guarantee the timber for as long as you own the chair.

We can offer this because the chair is made completely in our own workshop by the master Indian artisans who build every piece we sell, from timber we season ourselves. There is no third party between us and the wood. The warranty is registered automatically with your order, so there is nothing to file - your order number is all you will ever need.