Royal Chair in Carved Teak - Silver with Buttoned Leather Back

Using two different materials on one chair looks like a styling choice. It is usually an upholsterer's decision, made for reasons that have nothing to do with looks.

Start with the back. Buttoning works by pulling the surface down at points and letting it gather between them, which means the material has to fold - and any pattern folded like that stops being a pattern. A motif disappears into a crease, a stripe wanders, and what was a considered design becomes noise. Plain materials, and leather in particular, are made for buttoning because folds in a plain surface read as shadow rather than as distortion.

Now the seat. It is flat, it faces upward, it catches every bit of light in the room and it takes all the wear - which is exactly where a pattern earns its place. A woven design breaks up light across the surface, so a crease from sitting or a mark from daily use disappears into it instead of standing out on an unbroken field.

So the two halves of a chair genuinely want different things, and a good upholsterer gives them different things. The trick is only to keep the colour families close enough that the chair still reads as one object - which is why the seat pattern here sits in the same tonal range as the plain back rather than contrasting with it.

Frame: Solid teak throughout - back frame, seat rails, arms, arm supports and legs. No veneer over engineered board.

Construction: Waisted carved back frame with pierced crest, open arms on carved supports set back from the seat front, turned handgrips with carved scroll terminals, shaped seat rail with carved shell centre, cabriole legs with carved toes.

Upholstery: Buttoned back in a plain covering and a sprung seat in a patterned or textured covering, or one material throughout. All materials are your choice; we can source on your behalf.

Finish: Silver with the carving deeper in tone, as photographed. Gold or champagne leaf, painted tones or natural teak can be specified.

Dimensions: Custom sizes made to order - seat height, seat depth, back height and arm height set by you, confirmed in writing before production.

Available: Singly, in pairs or as a matched set.

Made: Handcrafted Indian luxury, produced to order by master Indian artisans.

Two different coverings need two different protections, and both get them - a breathable cover over the seat that will not compress the filling or mark a woven pattern, and a separate soft cover over the buttoned back that bears no pressure on the button points.

The pierced crest stands highest on the frame and is guarded with a rigid cover shaped over it rather than padded against.

Both arms project beyond the seat and take the first contact through a doorway; each is sleeved along its length with extra protection at the turned handgrip and the carved scroll behind it.

The carved shell at the centre of the seat rail sits at knee height and is bridged so nothing presses into it.

Each cabriole leg is padded individually with a rigid guard over the carved toe. The chair then goes into a rigid outer carton braced internally. Ordered as a set, each chair is crated separately rather than stacked. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Free delivery is included anywhere in India, with no distance surcharge and nothing added at the end. Metros, tier-two cities and smaller towns are served on the same terms, and a set ships on the same free terms as a single chair.

Production begins once your dimensions, both coverings, carving depth and finish are confirmed in writing. Buttoning is slow hand work and follows the frame being carved and finished, so we give you an honest timeline and keep you updated as the chair progresses.

We dispatch through carriers experienced with carved and upholstered furniture, and send tracking details as soon as the chair leaves us.

On arrival our team brings the chair in, positions it, checks it sits firm and level on your floor and removes all packaging. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed - if anything is not right, tell us and we will resolve it.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the back frame, the seat rails, the arms and their supports, and every leg joint.

A tall waisted back concentrates load at its narrowest point. When someone leans back, the bending moment is greatest exactly where the frame is drawn in at the shoulders, so that section is cut from solid stock with the grain running through the waist rather than across it - and the carved edge work adds section there rather than removing it.

The open arm supports are jointed into deep seat rails, which is the joint that takes the load every time someone pushes up to stand.

The teak carries a lifetime warranty against termite damage for as long as you own the chair, from the oils in the timber rather than the finish over them.

If anything covered needs attention, send us your order details and photographs and our artisans will handle the repair or replacement.