Glass Top Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Floral Chairs

Glass is the most unforgiving thing you can put on a table, because it is perfectly flat and the timber underneath is not. A frame that is a whisker out of true will let the glass rock, and once it rocks, every plate set down on it announces the fact.

So the frame is checked on a flat table with a straightedge before the glass is ever ordered. The rim is tested corner to corner and along both diagonals, and any high point is taken down with a scraper rather than shimmed - a shim under glass is a repair, not a build.

Then the bearing points are set. Clear soft buffers are let into the timber rim so their tops sit fractionally proud of the wood, which means the glass rests on the buffers and never on the timber itself. Timber moves with the seasons; the buffers absorb that movement, and they also stop the glass sliding if the table is knocked.

The buffers are recessed rather than stuck on top, so no gap shows between the glass and the rim when you look along the table edge. From the side it reads as glass sitting straight on carved wood, which is exactly what it should look like and not at all what is happening.

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

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

Top: clear glass over a moulded timber rim, resting on recessed soft buffers so the glass never bears directly on timber.

Frieze: pierced right through so the carving reads from above through the glass.

Base: carved openwork scrolls with a shaped stretcher.

Chairs: shaped carved crests over upholstered backs, with upholstered seats.

Upholstery: blue floral weave as photographed; any fabric or leather available.

Finish: hand-applied ivory with gold-picked carving; walnut, silver, ebonised and natural teak also available.

Top options: glass or solid teak, on the same base.

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

The glass travels in its own crate, edge-protected along its full perimeter and separated from every other piece. It is never packed against timber, and it is never shipped resting on the table.

The table base is wrapped with the pierced frieze packed first - shaped foam is set into the openings rather than laid across them, so strapping bears on solid timber and not on a fret. The carved scrolls of the base are padded individually.

Chairs are crated separately and never nested, with each upholstered panel covered in soft non-abrasive sheeting and each carved crest padded to its own shape. Bubble wrap, corrugated shells and outer crates cut to each piece follow.

Unpack the chairs first, then the base, then the glass last, and set the glass down onto the buffers 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 that is committed before you order.

Production begins once the table size, top choice, chair count, fabric and finish are confirmed in writing. The frame is trued and the buffer positions set before the glass is cut, so the two are made for each other rather than matched afterwards.

We share the schedule at confirmation and update you through carving, finishing and upholstery. 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 timber frame in the set - the table base and each chair - carries a 20-year warranty on solid teak frame and joinery. The pierced frieze is carved from the solid and is part of the structure, so it is covered like everything else rather than treated as applied ornament.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs on every piece, resting on teak's natural oils rather than on any applied treatment, and issued in writing with the set.

Both documents are tied to your order and handed over on delivery. If a covered fault appears on one piece, send photographs and we repair or replace that piece alone rather than asking for the set back.

Glass, upholstery and hand-applied finishes are handled separately from the structural cover. We keep your specification on file, including the exact glass size and buffer positions, so a replacement top or a re-cover years later matches the original without re-measuring.