Study Room Chair in Carved Teak with Lion Arms and Buttoned Leather

A chair used at a desk is dragged - pulled in, pushed back, twenty times a day - and that is a completely different structural problem from a chair that is sat in and left.

Dragging puts a sideways force through the legs at floor level, which racks the frame: the rectangle in plan slowly becomes a parallelogram, and every joint loosens. It is why so many old desk chairs wobble while old drawing-room chairs do not.

So this chair is braced low. A stretcher runs between the back legs and each side, down near the floor where the racking force actually acts, rather than being placed high for appearance. The lion supports at the front are also carried right down to the floor and jointed into a shaped foot rail, which triangulates the front of the chair.

Both are things you barely notice on the finished piece, and both are the reason a chair like this can be pulled up to a desk daily for fifty years and still sit square on the floor.

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

Structure: upright panel back between fluted stiles with urn finials; flat timber arms set to clear a desk apron; seated lions carved in the round as front supports, carried to the floor and jointed into a shaped foot rail; low stretchers between the back and side legs to resist racking.

Upholstery: buttoned leather back panel and seat, or the fabric of your choosing.

Sizing: seat height set from your desk height rather than to a standard.

Finish: natural polished teak as photographed; darkened or ebonised available.

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

Photography: images on this page are photographs of the actual product, not renders.

The lion supports sit at floor level at the front of the chair, which is exactly where a crate is set down - so they are capped and blocked before anything else.

Each lion is wrapped and given a moulded cover, and the shaped foot rail between them is edge-protected along its length.

The urn finials at the top of the stiles are capped individually as the highest points, and the shell crest between them separately.

The leather is covered with a clean breathable wrap and the buttoned panel given a standoff board. Everything then goes into laminated foam, bubble wrap and a fitted wooden crate. Multi-layer protective packaging is standard and dent-free arrival is guaranteed.

Free delivery anywhere in India is included in the price - no separate freight charge, no distance loading, no small-town surcharge.

Production begins once your dimensions, desk height, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. Figure carving on the supports takes longer than plain legs and the production window reflects it.

The shipment is tracked and our team stays reachable throughout. Dent-free arrival is guaranteed and it is our responsibility to honour.

Tell us your doorway and stair dimensions when you order and we plan the crate around them before the chair leaves the workshop.

Brown Rabbit warrants the solid teak frame and its joinery for 20 years - the seat rails, the stiles, the lion supports and their foot rail, the stretchers and the crest.

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

Because this is a chair built to be moved daily, the bracing is designed for that from the start rather than added later. Buttoned leather can be re-tensioned and recovered without disturbing the carving.

Written warranty terms are issued with your order so the cover is agreed before production begins.