Silver Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Pink Velvet Chairs

A carver has to slide under the table. That sounds obvious until you look at how a carved dining table is built: the apron below the top is where the carving goes, and the deeper the carving, the lower the apron hangs. Meanwhile the arms of a carver want to be at a comfortable height for the person sitting in it. Those two numbers meet under the table edge, and if they collide, the chair stops six inches short of where it should be.

So the carver arms are set from the table, not from the chair. We take the finished height of the underside of the apron, subtract a clearance, and that becomes the maximum height of the arm at the point where it passes beneath the table. The arm can then rise behind that point toward the back, where nothing is in the way, so the elbow is still supported at the right height.

The result is an arm with a gentle upward sweep from front to back rather than a level one. It looks like a design flourish. It is actually the shape that lets the chair push right in.

Because both pieces are made in the same workshop for the same order, we know the apron height before the arms are cut. It is one of the practical advantages of a table and chairs being built as one commission rather than bought separately.

Set: one dining table with side chairs and carvers, made together as a single commission.

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

Top: dark glazed surface over a deeply carved apron.

Legs: cabriole, carved down their full length, finishing in scrolled feet.

Side chairs: buttoned velvet backs within carved frames, upholstered seats.

Carvers: matching backs with shaped open arms, swept upward from front to back so they clear the table apron and still support the elbow.

Upholstery: dusty pink velvet as photographed; any velvet, fabric or leather available.

Finish: hand-laid silver; gold, ivory, walnut, ebonised 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.

Velvet and silver leaf both mark under pressure, so every piece is wrapped in soft non-abrasive sheeting laid on loosely before anything firmer goes near it. Chairs are crated individually and never nested, since a carved crest resting on an upholstered seat is the usual cause of a marked set.

The carver arms project further than anything else in the set and are padded along their full length in shaped foam. The table's carved apron and the scrolled feet of every leg are padded individually.

The tabletop travels with a rigid board over its full face. Bubble wrap, corrugated shells and outer crates cut to each piece follow, with corner protection at every load-bearing point.

Unpack the chairs first, the table last, and take the wrapping down from the top of each piece. If any velvet looks flattened after unwrapping, a light brush along the pile lifts it back.

Delivery is free anywhere in India for the whole set, and every piece is guaranteed to arrive dent-free. If anything is amiss when the crates are opened, correcting it is our cost, committed before you order.

Production begins when the table size, chair and carver count, velvet and finish are confirmed in writing. Table and chairs are made together, which is what allows the carver arms to be cut to the table's own apron height, and everything is dispatched together.

We share the schedule at confirmation and keep you updated through carving, silvering and upholstery. Tracking is shared as soon as the crates leave us, and our team agrees the delivery window with you directly.

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 tabletop size to a dimension that will reach the room.

Every frame in this set - the table and each chair and carver - carries a 20-year warranty on solid teak frame and joinery. Carvers take the most abuse in a dining set, because people push back on the arms to stand, so those arm joints are the ones we build heaviest and cover on the same terms.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs on every piece, resting on teak's own oils rather than on any applied treatment, and issued in writing with the set.

Both documents are tied to your order and handed over on delivery. If a covered fault appears on any single piece, send photographs and we repair or replace that piece rather than asking for the whole set back.

Velvet and the hand-laid silver are wearing surfaces and are handled separately, but we re-cover and re-finish our own furniture at any age. Your specification stays on file, so one chair re-covered in ten years' time can be matched exactly to the rest.