Gold Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Navy Damask Chairs

There is a question we ask before a chair this heavily carved is finished, and it has nothing to do with how it looks: how is anyone going to dust it?

Deep carving collects dust. That is simply true, and any workshop that tells you otherwise has not lived with its own furniture. What is not inevitable is dust that cannot be removed - and that comes down to the width of the recesses, which is set by the carver years before anyone picks up a brush.

So there is a rule on our bench for pieces at this density: no recess is cut narrower than a soft brush can enter. A carver chasing detail will naturally cut a groove finer and finer, because finer looks better in the moment; on a piece that will be dusted weekly for fifty years, a groove too fine for a brush is a groove that fills and stays filled, and the carving loses its depth permanently.

The undercuts follow the same principle. They are cut deep enough to throw a shadow, and open enough at the mouth that a brush reaches the bottom rather than bridging it.

Nobody buys a chair because of how it dusts. But a carved set that still has its depth in twenty years and one that has quietly filled in are two different pieces of furniture, and the difference was decided by the carver.

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

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

Top: shaped with an inset centre panel inside a moulded surround, over a carved frieze.

Base: colonnade of carved columns on a shaped plinth.

Chairs: carved on the crest, back frame, seat rail, knees and feet, with quilted seats.

Carving: no recess cut narrower than a soft brush can enter, and undercuts left open enough at the mouth to be cleaned to the bottom.

Upholstery: navy and gold medallion damask as photographed; any fabric or leather available.

Finish: hand-laid gold throughout; silver, ivory, walnut and natural teak also available.

Options: carving density can be reduced on the same silhouette; any chair count.

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

A set this densely carved has more projecting detail than any other we ship, and every projection is a point that can take a knock. Each chair is padded at the crest, the back frame corners, the knees and the feet individually, with foam formed around each shape rather than wrapped flat against it.

Gold leaf marks under pressure, so the first layer on every piece is soft non-abrasive sheeting laid on loosely. Chairs are crated individually and never nested.

The shaped top travels face-protected with a rigid board and edge-protected continuously round its whole perimeter. The colonnade base is crated on its own, each column padded along its length and the shaped plinth boxed along all its edges.

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, carving density, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. A set at this level of carving takes longer than our plainer designs, and we give you an honest schedule at the start rather than an optimistic one.

Dispatch waits for the hand-laid gold to cure fully. We 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 to a dimension that will reach the room.

Every frame in the set carries a 20-year warranty on solid teak frame and joinery - the table, its colonnade base and all eight chairs on identical terms. On a piece this heavily carved the carving is structural, not applied, so it is covered with the rest.

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. If a covered fault appears on one chair, send photographs and we repair or replace that chair alone.

Upholstery and hand-laid gold are wearing surfaces and are handled separately. We re-cover and re-gild our own furniture at any age, and your specification stays on file so a chair added years later matches the other eight in both carving and finish.