Sofa Set for Hall in Carved Teak - High Buttoned Back in Taupe

A gathered seat front is one of the small upholstery techniques that almost nobody notices and everybody feels. The problem it solves is where soft upholstery meets a hard carved rail: butt the two together plainly and you get a visible seam and, worse, a firm edge exactly where the backs of your knees rest. Drawing the fabric into close vertical folds along that edge softens it, both to look at and to sit against.

It costs fabric - a gathered front needs substantially more cloth than a flat one, because all that material is folded away - and it takes far longer to set, because the folds have to be even along a run that may be several metres long.

Our master Indian artisans gather from the centre of each run outwards, so any variation ends at the arms where it is hidden rather than in the middle where it would be obvious. It is the kind of decision that only matters if you sit on the sofa every day, which is exactly who this piece is built for.

Material: Solid teak frame throughout, including back, arms, corner section, seat rail and legs.

Back: High, rising above shoulder height, deep buttoned in a close diamond grid along the full length and round the corner; lower profile available on request.

Seat front: Gathered into close vertical folds along the front edge.

Arms: Rolled at both ends with carved scrolls at the front.

Configuration: Symmetrical - identical runs meeting at a corner seat, with no chaise and no dominant end.

Carving: Carved crest above each run and above the corner, carved band along the seat rail, carved legs.

Finish: Dark tone with silver on the raised carving as shown, and available in walnut, espresso, gold, silver, champagne or natural teak.

Upholstery: Shown in taupe; any fabric and colour.

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

A gathered front creases if anything presses on it, so the seat front is packed with support standing clear of the folds and nothing bearing across them.

The high buttoned back is bagged in a breathable cover, and firm packing bears only on the carved frame.

The carved crests above both runs and the corner are given shaped foam shells, and the carved scrolls at the front of each arm are collared individually - they sit at the outer edge where doorframes catch.

Silver-highlighted surfaces mark under friction and are covered first in a soft non-abrasive layer.

The carved seat rail band is edge-guarded along its length and the legs wrapped individually. The sofa travels in sections labelled in assembly order, fittings pouched, everything crated together with handling instructions. Every photograph here 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, back height, 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 back buttoned.

On arrival the sections are carried in and assembled in your room, the runs linked at the corner and levelled, and the gathered front straightened before we leave. Symmetry only reads if the set sits square to the walls, so our team aligns it properly. 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 - both back frames, the arms, the corner section, the seat rails, the legs and every joint between them. A high back puts more leverage on the joints where it meets the seat frame than a low one does, and those joints are cut and fitted for it.

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.

A gathered seat front is the detail most likely to need attention on a heavily used sofa, since it sits where legs brush it constantly - and it can be re-gathered or re-covered on its own. We keep the specification of your exact piece on file, including the gather spacing and the buttoning grid, so any later work matches the original. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain what it involves before starting.