Luxury Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Canted Corner Top

A carved frieze running round a table is a repeating pattern, and a repeating pattern has to decide where it starts. On a plain rectangle you can start at a corner and let the repeat run out along the length; the join lands somewhere in the middle of a long side where nobody studies it.

A canted corner top does not allow that. It has eight faces instead of four, and the four short diagonal faces are exactly where the eye goes - they are the unusual thing about the table, and they are seen at an angle where any interruption in the pattern shows.

So the frieze is set out from the corners inward rather than from a starting point outward. The motif is sized so that a whole one lands centred on each canted face, and the repeats then run from those fixed points along the long sides, meeting in the middle of each side where a half-motif can be absorbed into a centred device.

That means the motif size is determined by the table's dimensions rather than chosen in advance. On a longer table, the same design is drawn slightly larger or an extra repeat is added, so the corners always resolve. It is why the frieze on a table we make for you is not identical in scale to the one photographed here, and why it will look right on your table rather than nearly right.

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

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

Top: canted corners, with a carved frieze running beneath every face including the diagonals.

Frieze: set out from the corners inward so a whole motif lands centred on each canted face.

Base: turned pedestal on a scrolled four-way foot, leaving all seating positions clear of legs.

Side chairs: pierced cartouche-shaped backs with upholstered panels, upholstered seats.

Carvers: matching backs with open carved arms.

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

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

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

The canted corners are the parts of the top most exposed in handling, because they present an edge rather than a protected point. Each is padded individually in addition to the continuous edge protection that runs round the whole top, and the face is board-protected across its full surface.

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

Upholstered panels are covered first in soft non-abrasive sheeting. The carver arms are padded along their full length, and the pedestal's scrolled four-way foot is boxed separately in shaped foam.

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 and carver count, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. The frieze is set out from your confirmed dimensions, so the size has to be settled before any carving starts.

We share the schedule at confirmation and update you as carving, finishing and upholstery complete. Tracking is shared as soon as the crates leave us and our team agrees the delivery window with you directly.

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 to a size that will reach the room.

Every frame in the set carries a 20-year warranty on solid teak frame and joinery - the table, its pedestal and foot, and each chair and carver on identical terms. The pierced cartouche backs are carved from the solid and are structural, so they are covered like everything else.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs on every piece, resting on teak's own oils rather than on any 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 piece, send photographs and we repair or replace that piece rather than asking for the set back.

Upholstery and hand-applied finishes are wearing surfaces and are handled separately. We re-cover and re-finish our own furniture at any age, and your specification - including the frieze setting-out for your table's exact size - stays on file, so any addition matches the original.