Single Seater Diwan in Gold Leaf Teak with Purple Velvet

Because this diwan is for one person, we ask a question most furniture never asks: how tall are you?

A chaise has a specific critical measurement - the point along its length where the seat ends. On a well-made one, that point falls just past the back of the knee, so the thigh is fully supported and the lower leg hangs comfortably or rests on the rounded end. Get it wrong in one direction and the edge presses into the back of the knee; get it wrong in the other and the calf is unsupported and the leg gets heavy.

Standard chaises are cut to an average and everybody adjusts to them. Ours are not. Seat length is set from your own height, and seat depth from your build, so the shape arrives already fitted.

The back height is set the same way: high enough to take the shoulders when reclining, but not so high that it looms over the piece.

None of that shows in a photograph. It shows the first time you lie on it and do not have to shift about to find a position.

Frame: solid teak throughout, hand-carved, with hand-applied gold leaf over the whole show frame.

Back: at the head end only, deep buttoned with a fluted roll along the top, within a carved scrolled rail.

Crest: pierced carved crest above the back.

Seat: single deep full-length cushion with a rounded end, on a sprung and webbed platform, with the seat length set from your height.

Arm: rolled with a carved volute at the head.

Apron and feet: shaped carved apron running the length of the front, on carved feet.

Cushions: tasselled bolster at the head.

Handing: built with the back to the left or the right, to your requirement.

Made to order: seat length, seat depth, back height, handing, finish and covering are all customisable. Custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

The pierced crest is supported with foam pressed into its openings so the carving is braced from behind, tissue is laid over the gilding, and it is blocked individually.

The rest of the gilded frame takes acid-free tissue directly against the gold, then foam padding shaped along the mouldings, then bubble wrap, with additional blocking at the arm volute and the carved feet.

The velvet is wrapped in breathable cloth laid with the pile, then in soft polythene, with no pressure across the buttoned back or the fluted roll.

The bolster travels in its own sleeve, tassel wrapped separately.

Feet are detached where the design allows, sleeved in foam and boxed.

The diwan ships in a hardwood crate with corner protection at every arris and orientation and lift points marked. Multi-layer protective packaging is included on every order at no extra cost.

Delivery is free anywhere in India, with guaranteed dent-free arrival. No distance charge, no size charge and no handling fee.

Production begins once your dimensions, handing and covering are confirmed in writing - and on this piece those dimensions include your own height, since the seat length is set from it. We photograph your actual diwan through the build - the frame in the white, the carving, the gold leaf, the buttoning, and the finished piece.

Our team carries the diwan in, fits the feet if they have travelled separately, sets and levels it, and places the bolster.

Send us lift dimensions, stair turns and doorway widths ahead of dispatch so the route can be planned. Every photograph on this page is of the actual product, not a render.

The solid teak frame and joinery carry a 20-year warranty - the seat rails, the back frame, the crest, the arm frame, the apron and the feet, along with every joint between them.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs with the diwan and never expires. Teak's natural oils are its own protection and our warranty stands behind them.

The sprung and webbed platform and the buttoning work are covered against manufacturing defect.

The dimensions your diwan was built to are recorded against your order number along with the covering and gilding materials. If it is ever re-upholstered, the seat is rebuilt to the same depth and firmness rather than to a standard - which is the whole reason the piece fits you in the first place. Contact us with your order number and we will arrange it.