Sectional Sofa in Carved Teak - Ivory with Open Chaise End

Furniture that does two things is rarer than it should be, because most double-duty designs do neither job properly. The backless chaise is one of the exceptions, and the reason is that lying down and putting your feet up need exactly the same thing: a firm, flat, generous surface at seat height. Add a back and you have committed the piece to one orientation. Leave it off and it serves whoever is using the room that evening.

Getting it right is a matter of the cushion, not the frame. A seat cushion soft enough to sink into is useless as an ottoman - a cup of tea will not stand on it - so the chaise platform is built firmer and flatter than the seats beside it, which is a decision made at the upholstery stage rather than visible in the design.

The three crests along the back solve a different problem. A buttoned back this long reads as a single band; lifting it into carved peaks at intervals gives the eye something to travel between, so the length becomes rhythm rather than repetition. Our master Indian artisans space them from the centre outward so the composition stays symmetrical whatever length the sofa ends up being.

Material: Solid teak frame throughout, including back, arm, chaise return, apron and legs.

Back: Deep buttoned in a diamond grid, top rail rising and falling in a long wave with three carved crests and small carved rosettes between them.

Chaise: Open and backless, with a firm flat platform cushion so it serves as a chaise or as a long ottoman.

Arm: Deep carved outward-scrolling volute at the closed end.

Apron and legs: Carved apron with spaced foliate motifs, short carved legs giving a deliberately low profile.

Upholstery: Shown in ivory, and made in any fabric and colour you choose.

Finish: Ivory as shown, and available in champagne, gold, silver, walnut or natural teak tones.

Configuration: Open chaise built on the left or right hand as your room requires.

Sizes: Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

The sofa travels in sections with joints engineered for assembly in your room, each packed separately and labelled in assembly order.

Upholstered surfaces are bagged in breathable covers, and firm packing bears only on the carved frame - never on the buttoned back or on the chaise platform, which takes a permanent set if compressed.

The three carved crests and the small rosettes along the top rail stand proud and are each given shaped foam protection. The deep arm volute is collared along its full curve.

The carved apron is protected from beneath as well as around, and the short legs wrapped individually. Ivory surfaces are covered first in a soft non-marking layer, since pale finishes show every scuff.

Fittings travel in a labelled pouch. Everything is crated together with handling instructions. Every photograph on this page shows the actual sofa before packing - not a render.

Delivery is free anywhere in India and included in the price you are quoted, with no freight, packing or handling charge added later.

Production begins once your dimensions, chaise hand, fabric and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own sofa as the frame is carved and the upholstery built.

On arrival the sections are carried in and assembled in your room, the frame levelled, the buttoning and the chaise platform checked over, and the piece positioned where you want it. Tell us your lift dimensions, staircase turns and doorway widths when you order and we size the sections to your access. We guarantee dent-free arrival, and if anything is not right, tell us and we will make it right.

The solid teak frame and joinery are covered for 20 years - the back frame, the arm, the chaise platform, the apron, the legs and every joint between them. An open chaise takes load across its whole surface with no back bracing it, so its frame is built as a platform in its own right rather than as an extension of the sofa, and it is guaranteed as such.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with it for as long as you own the sofa, backed by teak's own resistance and confirmed in writing.

The chaise cushion is the part that works hardest, since it is sat on, lain on and used as a table, and it can be refilled and re-covered on its own without touching the rest of the piece. We keep the specification of your exact sofa on file - dimensions, buttoning grid, chaise hand - so anything made later fits. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain it beforehand.