Grey Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Pierced Chair Backs

Glass cut to a shaped outline cannot be ordered from a drawing. It has to be templated from the table itself, after the table is finished.

The reason is accumulation. A shaped edge is worked by hand along its whole length, and the difference between the drawing and the finished timber is a millimetre here and a millimetre there - nothing you would ever see in the wood, and everything you would see as a rim of glass overhanging one side and sitting short on the other.

So the glass is templated last. A sheet of thin board is laid over the finished top and scribed from underneath, following the actual edge all the way round, including every curve. That board becomes the pattern the glass is cut to, and it is cut a controlled amount inside the timber line so the timber edge always protects the glass rather than the other way round.

The template is kept with your order. If the glass is ever broken, a replacement is cut from the original pattern rather than by sending someone to measure a table with a tape - which on a curved edge is guesswork.

It adds a stage to the schedule, because the glass cannot be started until the table is finished. It is the only way a shaped glass top sits as though it grew there.

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

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

Top: shaped timber top with a glass surface templated from the finished table and cut a controlled amount inside the timber line.

Apron: carved and gold-picked beneath the top.

Legs: turned and carved with a moulded foot.

Chairs: tall backs with deeply pierced carving framing woven floral panels, upholstered seats.

Upholstery: grey woven cloth with floral panels as photographed; any fabric or leather available.

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

Options: glass surface included or omitted; any chair count.

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

The glass travels in its own crate, edge-protected around its full shaped perimeter and never packed against timber. A curved edge has no corner to take a knock, so the whole outline is treated as vulnerable.

The pierced chair backs are packed with shaped foam set into the openings of the carving rather than laid across them, so strapping bears on solid timber and never on a fret. Chairs are crated individually and never nested.

The table's shaped timber edge is padded continuously round its whole perimeter, the top face-protected with a rigid board, and the carved apron and turned legs padded individually.

Unpack the chairs first, then the table, then set the glass last 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 we commit to that before you order.

Production begins once the table size, chair count, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. Because the glass is templated from the finished table, it is cut near the end of the schedule rather than alongside the timber work - we build that into the timeline we share with you.

Dispatch waits for the hand-applied finish to cure fully. Tracking follows 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. 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 and each chair on identical terms. The pierced chair backs are carved from the solid and are structural, so they are covered too.

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, so the record stays with you. If a covered fault appears on one piece, send photographs and we repair or replace that piece alone.

Glass, upholstery and hand-applied finishes are handled separately from the structural cover. The glass template stays with your specification, so a replacement is cut from the original pattern rather than from a fresh measurement - which on a shaped edge matters.