Fabric Sofa Set in Carved Teak - Beige with Light Wood Frame

Upholstery fabrics are graded for durability by rubbing them against an abrasive under load and counting how many cycles they survive - the Martindale test. Furnishing cloth intended for curtains might come in around ten thousand cycles. Fabric meant for a sofa in daily family use should be several times that.

The number is not printed on most fabrics in a showroom, which is why so many beautiful sofas look tired within three years. A dress-weight velvet on a family sofa will pill and thin at the front edge of the seat cushions long before anything else goes wrong with the piece.

We ask about the room before recommending anything, because the right answer changes completely between a formal sitting room used twice a week and a family room used every evening. Our master Indian artisans would rather build a sofa in a cloth that still looks well in ten years than one that photographs beautifully and disappoints in three - and on a pale sofa, that decision matters twice over.

Material: Solid teak frame throughout, including top rail, arm, chaise rail, apron and legs.

Finish: Light natural teak as shown, and available in honey, mid brown, walnut, espresso or painted tones.

Back: Deep buttoned in a diamond grid, shaped top rail with a carved centre crest and smaller crests towards each end, continuous carved band from arm to chaise.

Arm: Scrolled and upholstered at the closed end, on a carved leg.

Chaise: Rounded in plan with a low carved rail following its curve.

Apron and legs: Carved apron running the full length, turned and carved legs.

Seat: Plain individual cushions with loose scatter cushions in the same weave.

Upholstery: Shown in beige; upholstery-grade weaves in any colour, with stain-resistant treatment available.

Sizes: Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

Pale fabric shows every mark it picks up, so all upholstered surfaces are bagged in clean breathable covers and no packing material touches the cloth at any stage.

The light polished frame scuffs visibly too, and is covered first in a soft non-marking layer laid on without tension.

The carved crests along the top rail are given shaped foam shells, and the carved band running from arm to chaise is edge-guarded along its full length.

The carved apron is protected from beneath as well as around, and the turned legs are collared individually.

Seat and scatter cushions travel separately so nothing compresses them. The sofa travels in sections labelled in assembly order, fittings pouched, everything crated together with handling instructions. Every photograph here shows the actual sofa before packing - not a render.

Delivery is free anywhere in India and included in the price you are quoted, with no freight, packing or handling charge added later.

Production begins once your dimensions, chaise hand, fabric and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own sofa as the frame is carved and the upholstery built.

On arrival the sections are carried in and assembled in your room, the frame levelled, the upholstery checked over and the cushions placed. Tell us your lift dimensions, staircase turns and doorway widths when you order and we size the sections to your access. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right, tell us and we will make it right.

The solid teak frame and joinery are covered for 20 years - the back frame, the arm, the chaise, the apron, the legs and every joint between them.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with it for as long as you own the sofa, backed by teak's own resistance and confirmed in writing.

Fabric is the part of any sofa that wears first, and on a pale sofa it is also the part most likely to be changed. Re-covering is straightforward: we keep the specification of your exact piece on file, including the buttoning grid, the cushion patterns and the chaise hand, so new covers follow the original rather than being cut afresh. The light finish can be sanded back and re-polished at the same time, in the same tone or a darker one. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain what it involves before starting.