L Shape Sofa in Carved Teak - Cream Buttoned Back with Chaise

The chaise on the end of a sofa is a nineteenth-century idea that solved a Victorian problem and turned out to solve a modern one. Then, it let someone recline in company without lying on a bed, which was socially impossible. Now it does something simpler: it gives a long sofa a resolution at one end instead of stopping abruptly at an arm.

Where it goes matters more than people expect. A chaise on the wrong hand blocks a doorway or turns its back on the television, and unlike a cushion it cannot be moved later - the frame is built that way. It is the single question we ask first on any L shape commission.

Carrying buttoning around the corner is the craft problem. The back changes direction at the return, and a diamond grid that meets that turn carelessly produces a visible seam where the pattern jumps. Our master Indian artisans set the grid out from the corner outward, in both directions at once, so the diamonds meet at the turn rather than colliding there.

Material: Solid teak frame throughout, including back, arms, chaise return and apron.

Back: Deep buttoned in a diamond grid carried unbroken around the corner, carved scroll and leaf crests spaced along the top rail.

Arms: Deep carved outward-scrolling volute at the open end; taller carved back with its own crest at the chaise end.

Seat: Individual cushions rather than a single pad, so each can be turned separately; depth and firmness set to your preference.

Apron and legs: Carved apron with spaced foliate motifs along the full length, short carved cabriole legs.

Upholstery: Shown in cream, and made in any fabric and colour you choose.

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

Configuration: Chaise built on the left or right hand as your room requires.

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

A long sofa travels in sections with the joints engineered for assembly in your room, since a single piece would not pass most doorways. Each section is packed separately and labelled in assembly order.

Upholstered surfaces are bagged in breathable covers, and firm packing bears only on the carved frame - never on the buttoned back or the seat cushions, which take a permanent set if compressed.

The carved crests along the top rail stand proud and are each given shaped foam shells. The deep scrolled arm volute is collared along its curve, and the carved apron is protected from beneath as well as around.

Cabriole legs are wrapped individually. Fittings travel in a labelled pouch. Everything is crated together with handling instructions marked outside. Every photograph on this page shows the actual sofa, taken before packing - real furniture, not a render.

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

Production begins once your dimensions, chaise hand, fabric and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own sofa as the frame is carved and the upholstery built.

On arrival the sections are carried in and assembled in your room, the frame levelled, the buttoning and cushions checked over and the piece positioned where you want it. Access matters on a sofa this size - tell us your lift dimensions, staircase turns and doorway widths when you order and we plan the section sizes around them. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right, tell us and we will make it right.

The solid teak frame and joinery are covered for 20 years - the back frame, the arms, the chaise return, the apron, the legs and every joint between them. On an L shape the corner joint carries load from two directions at once, and it is built and guaranteed for that.

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

A sofa this size gets years of daily use, so renewal is worth planning for. Cushions can be refilled and panels re-covered to the original buttoning grid, working from the specification of your exact piece which we keep on file - including its dimensions and the hand of the chaise, so replacements fit precisely. The carved finish can be cleaned back and re-laid. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain what it involves before starting.