Rectangular Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Twin Pedestals

Two pedestals under one top have to be exactly the same height. Not nearly - exactly. A difference of a millimetre puts a twist into the top, and a twisted top on a table is something you notice every single time you set a glass down at one end.

Cutting them to the same figure from a drawing is not enough, because a pedestal is an assembly - a plinth, a column, a capital - and each joint closes by a hair when it is glued and clamped. Three joints, two pedestals, and the accumulated differences are exactly the size of the problem.

So the pedestals are finished as a pair, after assembly, on a shared reference. Both are stood on the same flat plate, a single height line is marked around both from that plate, and the plinths are then planed down to that line. Whichever assembly ended up taller loses the difference; the line does the arithmetic.

Then they are checked with the actual top laid across them and a level run along it in both directions before anything is fixed.

It is twenty minutes at the end of a job that has taken weeks, and it is the difference between a table that sits flat and one that never quite does.

Set: one rectangular dining table with chairs and a carver, made together as one commission.

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

Top: shaped edge with a decorative inset centre inside a moulded surround.

Base: twin fluted pedestals with carved capitals on moulded plinths, planed to a single height line from a shared reference after assembly and checked level under the actual top.

Chairs: tall deep-buttoned backs inside carved frames, with upholstered seats.

Carver: matching back with scrolled open arms set to clear the table.

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

Finish: hand-applied gold over ivory; silver, walnut, single-tone and natural teak also 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.

The two pedestals travel crated together so they arrive as the matched pair they were finished as, each column padded around its full circumference along its height and the moulded plinths boxed along every edge.

The shaped top travels face-protected with a rigid board and edge-protected continuously round its perimeter, with the inset centre separately covered.

Chairs are crated individually and never nested, with buttoned faces covered in soft non-abrasive sheeting laid on loosely so no button is pressed in, the tall crests padded to their own outlines, and the carver's arms padded along their full length.

Unpack the chairs first, then the pedestals, 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 count, back height, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. Table and chairs are made together and dispatched together so the finishes match across every piece.

Dispatch waits for the hand-applied 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, both pedestals and each chair and carver on identical terms.

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.

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 stays on file so a chair added years later matches the set exactly.