Royal Sofa Set in Carved Teak with Gold Openwork Carved Frame

If the visible frame of a sofa is cut full of holes, something else has to be holding the sofa up. On this one, it is a second frame you never see.

The openwork you are looking at is a shell. Carved scrolls with air between them cannot carry the load of three people and years of use - the material is simply not continuous enough, and any single bridge of wood between two voids would be doing work it was never sized for.

So the sofa is built twice. Inside, a plain structural frame in solid teak takes the seat load, the arm load and the racking that comes from people dropping into one end. Its rails are square, its joints are conventional, and it is entirely hidden. The carved openwork is then made as a separate assembly and jointed onto that structure, positioned so the shell is carried by the frame rather than the other way round.

It doubles the joinery in the piece and it is invisible in the finished sofa. It is also the only honest way to make carving this open, and the reason we are willing to warrant the frame for twenty years.

Frame: solid teak throughout, hand-carved by master Indian artisans, built as a hidden structural frame with a pierced carved shell jointed to it.

Back: openwork crest with a carved cartouche over a buttoned upholstered centre panel.

Arms: outward-scrolling pierced arms with upholstered pads.

Seat: sprung and padded platform with a single long cushion.

Apron: pierced and carved along the full length, on carved scroll feet.

Cushions: layered scatter cushions as photographed, in fabrics of your choosing.

Upholstery: any fabric can be used, including your own material.

Finish: hand-applied gold over the carving. Silver, champagne, antiqued tones or plain polished teak are also available.

Size: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production. Available as a single sofa or a full set.

Photography: images on this page are of the actual product, not renders.

Openwork is the most vulnerable thing we pack, and on this sofa it runs the entire length of the piece at both top and bottom.

Foam is fitted into the larger voids of the crest, the arms and the apron so the carved bridges between them cannot flex, and foam frames run along the outer edges of all three so any contact is taken at the perimeter. The scroll feet, which sit lowest and catch doorways first, get deep collars of their own.

A soft non-abrasive layer covers all the gilded surfaces and the upholstery so nothing coarse touches either. Corrugated panels then build a rigid shell around the sofa, with the base blocked and braced so its weight rests on the structural frame rather than the carving. The outer carton is edge-reinforced, and all the cushions travel wrapped separately under a breathable cover. Everything unwraps by hand.

Free PAN-India delivery is included in the price - no zone rates, no distance surcharge, no freight line at checkout, and no extra charge for the additional pieces in a set. The same cost delivered to Vadodara as to Varanasi.

Dent-free arrival is guaranteed on every piece. They leave in multi-layer protective packaging, travel with handlers briefed on pierced and gilded carving, and are checked at every transfer point. If anything is not right when you open a carton, tell us and we make it right - the guarantee sits with us, not with the transporter.

Because the set is made to order, production begins once your fabric, finish, piece count and measurements are confirmed in writing. Tell us about doorways, lifts and stairwells at enquiry so we can size the pieces to reach the room. You get updates through carving, gilding and upholstery, and a dispatch note with an expected delivery window.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty. That covers the hidden structural frame, the joints tying the carved shell to it, the seat frame, the arm structures and the feet. If a joint opens or a member fails within those twenty years, we repair or replace it.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs alongside it and never expires. Teak's natural oils are why termites avoid it, and our seasoning and finishing routine is built around preserving them, so the timber is guaranteed for as long as the set is yours.

A warranty this long on a frame this open is only possible because of how it is built - the structure and the ornament are separate jobs, and the structure is conventional, generous and hidden. All of it is made from start to finish in our own workshop by the master Indian artisans who build everything we sell, from timber we season ourselves.