Stone Top Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Gilded Chairs

You cannot specify a stone by name and get what you pictured. Two slabs sold under the same name, cut from the same quarry in the same year, can differ more from each other than two different stones do - one heavily figured, the next almost plain, one violet where the other runs grey.

So we do not ask clients to choose from a name or a small sample chip. When a table is commissioned, we go to the stone yard, find candidate slabs of the right size and character, and photograph each one whole - wetted, so the colour reads as it will when polished, in daylight rather than under yard lighting.

Those photographs go to the client, and the client chooses the actual slab. Once it is chosen it is marked and set aside, and the table's carved surround is then built to that specific piece of stone.

Where a client can visit the yard, better still - the difference between a photograph of a slab and standing in front of it is real, and we will meet them there.

What we will not do is take an order for a stone described only by name. It is the one part of a table nobody can make twice, and the client should be the one who picks it.

Set: one round stone-topped dining table with revolving centre and four chairs, made together as one commission.

Base and frames: solid teak throughout, hand-carved by master Indian artisans.

Top: figured stone slab set within a carved gilded surround, with a revolving centre.

Stone selection: candidate slabs photographed wetted and in daylight for the client to choose the actual piece, which is then marked and set aside.

Base: carved frieze on turned columns over a shaped stretcher.

Chairs: pierced carved backs with upholstered panels, upholstered seats and carved crests.

Upholstery: navy and cream as photographed; any fabric or leather available.

Finish: hand-laid gold; silver, ivory, walnut and natural teak also available.

Dimensions: custom sizes made to order - final measurements confirmed in writing before production.

The stone travels in its own crate, carried on edge rather than flat so it cannot flex over its span, edge-protected around its full circumference and separated from every timber piece.

The revolving disc travels separately from both the stone and the base, wrapped and boxed so nothing bears on the bearing.

The carved base is crated on its own, each turned column padded along its length and the shaped stretcher boxed. Chairs are crated individually and never nested, with the pierced backs packed using foam set into their openings and the upholstered panels covered in soft sheeting.

Unpack the chairs, then the base, and set the stone last - it takes several people and it goes down in one movement rather than being slid into place.

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

Production begins once the slab is chosen and the diameter, chair count, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. The carved surround is built to the actual stone, so the slab has to be selected before the timber work starts.

We share the schedule at confirmation and update you as carving, gilding, stonework and upholstery complete. Tracking follows as soon as the crates leave us.

Open every crate with the delivery team present, including the stone, and check each piece. A stone top is heavy as well as round, so tell us about stairs and lift access at the order stage and we plan the diameter and the delivery around your route.

Every timber frame in the set carries a 20-year warranty on solid teak frame and joinery - the table base and each chair on identical terms. The pierced chair backs are carved from the solid and are covered with the rest.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs on every timber piece, resting on teak's own oils rather than on an 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 one piece, send photographs and we repair or replace that piece alone.

Stone, upholstery, the revolving bearing and hand-laid gold are handled separately from the structural cover. We keep the slab's dimensions and the surround details on file, and the bearing is a serviceable part we can replace at any point.