Royal Luxury Handcrafted Carved Teak Sofa | Gold and Taupe Fringed Silk

The Story Behind This Sofa

Passementerie is the old European trade of making furnishing trims - fringes, braids, gimps, cords and tassels - and it survives because nothing else finishes an upholstered edge as well.

The brush fringe along this seat front does three jobs at once. It conceals the tack line where the upholstery is fixed to the frame, which is always the least elegant part of any sofa. It adds visual weight low down, so the seat does not appear to float above the plinth. And it introduces movement - a fringe shifts slightly as you walk past, which a hard edge never does.

Applying it is exacting. It must be sewn on, not glued, because glue discolours through the fringe head within a couple of years and fails entirely in humidity. It has to hang dead level across the full width, which means the seat front must itself be dead level - a fringe is unforgiving of a frame that is even slightly out. And the fringe head is mitred and closed at both ends so no cut edge is ever visible.

Factual specification for this royal luxury carved teak sofa:

• Material: Solid teak wood frame, hand-carved (no veneer, no engineered wood in load-bearing members)
• Style: Baroque carved show-wood sofa with pierced plinth base and hand-applied trim
• Finish: Hand-laid gold leaf, burnished and rubbed back; customisable to antique gold, silver leaf, ivory and gold, or dark wood polish
• Carved detail: Tall pierced carved crest with central cartouche, gilt-carved back frame, carved gilt scroll arm wraps, full-length pierced carved plinth, carved scroll feet
• Trimmings: Deep brush fringe hand-sewn along the full seat front, with coordinating braid and tassel trims on cushions and bolster; trim style and colour are yours to specify
• Upholstery: Button-tufted taupe silk back, damask bench seat cushion; fabric, silk, velvet and genuine leather available
• Seating: Made to order as a 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 or 9 seater, corner or L shape, with matching single chairs and centre table
• Size: Custom dimensions made to order
• Delivery: Pan-India, free shipping

Packaging and Transit Protection

Fringe is the most awkward thing to ship on any sofa. Crushed or tangled fringe does not simply recover - the strands take a set, and combing them out afterwards is slow and never perfect. So the full seat-front fringe is combed straight, wrapped in tissue along its whole length and then protected with standoff blocking so nothing presses on it at any point in transit.

Tassels and braid on the cushions are individually tissue-wrapped so they cannot snag on anything. The upholstery is covered in soft breathable cloth with a moisture barrier outside; silk is particularly vulnerable to water marking, so no sealed plastic touches it. The pierced crest, gilt arm wraps and the floor-level plinth are individually foam-wrapped and taped clear of the leaf, and the crate is built so the sofa rests on its frame rather than on the plinth. Marked for orientation and lifting points, photographed sealed before dispatch.

Shipping and Delivery

Every sofa is built to order. Typical lead time is 10 to 12 weeks from order confirmation. Trim work adds meaningfully to that: fringe and braid are sourced or made to your colour, then hand-sewn rather than glued, and on a set every piece must carry matching trim from the same batch - trims vary between dye lots exactly as fabrics do. We share progress photographs after carving, after gilding, after upholstery and after trimming.

Delivery is free anywhere in India - Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and elsewhere. Our team unloads, unwraps, combs out the fringe, places and levels the sofa and fits the cushions at your address rather than leaving crates at the gate. Please confirm doorway, stair and lift dimensions in advance and measure to the top of the crest. International orders quoted case by case.

Craftsmanship Assurance and Care

Our craftsmanship assurance covers the solid teak frame, its joinery, the carved plinth and the hand-carving. Trim work that comes away because of faulty stitching rather than snagging is covered under our upholstery workmanship terms. Fabric, foam and trims are consumable components with their own service life.

Fringe needs specific care and it is the part of this sofa most easily ruined by ordinary housekeeping. Never vacuum a brush fringe with a nozzle or beater head - it pulls strands out and, once pulled, they cannot be replaced individually. Use a soft brush and comb the fringe downward with your fingers to re-align it. Keep vacuum cleaner heads and mop handles away from both the fringe and the floor-level pierced plinth, which are the two most commonly damaged elements in normal cleaning. Blot spills on the silk immediately and straight down. Dust the gilded carving with a dry soft brush only, never a cloth. Keep the sofa out of direct sunlight, which fades silk and trim at different rates.