Gold Sofa Set in Carved Teak - Corner Seating with Marble Table

Stone tops and carved wood have been paired in Indian interiors for centuries, and the pairing solves a real problem: wood is beautiful and stone is indifferent to heat, moisture and everything else that lands on a table in a room where tea is served. Putting the two together lets each do what it is good at.

The engineering matters. A stone top is heavy, and it does not flex, so the frame beneath it must be dead flat - any twist and the slab bears on three points instead of four, which is how stone tops crack. The apron and stretchers on this table are there for that reason as much as for decoration; they lock the legs so the frame cannot rack.

Our master Indian artisans set the finished frame on a flat bench and check it before the top ever goes on. It is an unglamorous step that decides whether a stone-topped table survives a house move, and it is the sort of thing that gets skipped when tables are made to a price.

Material: Solid teak frames throughout, including sofa back, arms, chaise, aprons, legs and the table frame.

Back: Divided into shaped cartouche panels, each buttoned to its own curve within its own gold carved frame, with pierced carving between and a tall crest at the centre.

Chaise: Curved in plan with a shaped back of its own.

Arm: Deep gold carved scroll at the closed end.

Apron and legs: Carved apron along both runs, carved legs.

Table: Rectangular pale stone top over a deeply carved gold apron, on turned and carved legs joined by carved stretchers. Solid teak top available instead.

Upholstery: Shown in taupe; any fabric and colour.

Finish: Gold as shown, and available in champagne, silver, ivory, walnut or natural teak tones.

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

The stone top travels separately from its frame in a purpose-built crate, edge-protected all round and supported flat, because stone is strong in compression and weak in bending - a slab carried on its edge or unsupported in the middle is how tops break.

The table frame travels with its carved apron protected from beneath as well as around, and its turned legs and stretchers collared individually.

On the sofa, each shaped back panel is bagged in a breathable cover, and firm packing bears only on the carved frames between them. The tall centre crest and the pierced carving are foam-faced from both sides.

Gilded surfaces are covered first in a soft non-abrasive layer, since gold marks under friction. The sofa travels in sections labelled in assembly order, fittings pouched, everything crated together with handling instructions. Every photograph here shows the actual furniture before packing - not a render.

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

Production begins once your dimensions, top choice, fabric and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own furniture as the carving is cut, the gilding laid and the upholstery built.

On arrival the sofa sections are carried in and assembled, the frame levelled, and the table frame set and levelled before its stone top is placed - the top goes on last, in position, because a stone-topped table should never be carried assembled. Tell us your access when you order. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right, tell us and we will make it right.

The solid teak frames and joinery of both pieces are covered for 20 years - the sofa's back frame, arm, chaise, aprons and legs, and the table's frame, legs and stretchers.

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

Stone tops can be replaced if one is ever damaged, and because we hold the exact dimensions of your table on file, a new top is cut to fit rather than approximated. The sofa's shaped panels can be re-covered to their original outlines and buttoning - which matters here, since none of them are rectangles - and the gold refreshed. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain what it involves before starting.