Ivory Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Medallion Back Chairs

There is one rule in our finishing shop that has nothing to do with skill and everything to do with planning: the gold for a whole commission is mixed and prepared in one batch, before any piece is started.

Metallic finishes are the least forgiving materials for batch variation. Two batches made from the same materials to the same recipe, weeks apart, will differ slightly in warmth - not enough to see side by side on a swatch, and absolutely enough to see when one chair stands next to another under a dining room light. It is the sort of difference nobody can point to and everybody notices.

So the quantity for the entire set is calculated at the start - table, all the chairs, and a deliberate surplus - and prepared together. The surplus matters as much as the calculation: it covers a repair, a re-do, and the chair somebody wants added in three years, and it is stored against your order rather than used on the next job.

The same discipline applies to the ivory ground. It is mixed once for the whole set.

It means a set cannot be started until we know exactly how many pieces it contains. That is why the chair count is one of the first questions we ask, and it is not an administrative one.

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 a gold-edged moulded surround over a carved frieze.

Legs: deeply carved scrolls, cut from the solid.

Chairs: medallion backs with upholstered panels inside carved gilded frames, foliate crests above, shaped upholstered seats.

Upholstery: pale woven damask as photographed; any fabric or leather available.

Finish: hand-applied ivory with gold-picked carving, both mixed in a single batch for the whole commission with a surplus stored against your order.

Alternatives: silver over ivory, single-tone, walnut and natural teak all available.

Joinery: mortise and tenon throughout, corner-blocked at every seat rail.

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

An ivory finish shows a transfer mark from any packing material that is not clean, so every piece is wrapped in fresh, soft, non-abrasive sheeting that has not been used on another job.

The foliate crests and the gilded medallion frames are padded individually with foam formed to their own outlines. Chairs are crated separately and never nested.

The shaped top travels face-protected with a rigid board and edge-protected continuously round its whole perimeter, since a shaped edge presents a projection at every curve. The carved scrolled legs are boxed in shaped foam, as a scroll has no flat face to rest on.

Unpack the chairs first, then the table, and keep the inner sheeting on each piece until it is in position - the simplest way to keep an ivory finish clean through the last few metres of handling.

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. The chair count is settled first because the ivory and the gold are mixed in a single batch for the whole commission before any piece is started.

Dispatch waits for the finish to cure fully. We share the schedule at confirmation, 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 and all eight chairs on identical terms. The carved scrolled legs and foliate crests are cut from the solid and are 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-applied finishes are wearing surfaces and are handled separately. Because a surplus of your exact ivory and gold is stored against your order, a repair or an added chair years from now is finished from the same batch rather than from a new mix.