Teak Wood Settee - 3 Seater Gold Carved Frame in Floral Tapestry

A Settee Is Not a Small Sofa

The two get confused constantly and they were built for different purposes. A sofa is deep, softly sprung and reclined, designed for a body at rest. A settee is shallow, upright and firm, designed for a body sitting: a hall where people wait, a drawing room where conversation happens face to face, a bedroom where someone perches to fasten shoes. The proportions follow from that. This piece is close to armchair depth, which is why it can live along a corridor wall or across the foot of a bed where a sofa would simply be in the way, and why its back sits at a height that supports the spine rather than swallowing it.

The upholstery follows the same logic. A woven tapestry, with the floral pattern built into the structure of the cloth rather than printed onto its face, is a traditional settee fabric because it wears from the surface without the pattern going with it, and because a firm weave holds the shape of a single long seat cushion better than a soft one would. The gold frame is the counterweight: carved continuously from crest to apron so the piece reads as a single sculptural line rather than as upholstery with wood around it. Master Indian artisans carve, gild and upholster each one by hand.

Specifications: Gold Carved Teak Settee

The settee as photographed is described below. Since it is built to your order, each line can be changed.

• Frame and carving: solid teak wood, hand-carved and hand-finished by master Indian artisans
• Seating: three seats as shown; two seater, four seater or a custom length available
• Form: settee proportions, low upright back and shallow depth, close to armchair depth front to back
• Seat: single long cushion rather than separate seat cushions
• Upholstery: woven floral tapestry, pattern woven into the cloth rather than printed
• Arms: carved scrolled volutes, upholstered on the inner faces
• Crest: carved foliate crown at the centre of the shaped back rail
• Apron: deep carved front rail with a central cartouche
• Feet: carved lion paw feet
• Frame finish: gold as shown, or silver, champagne, antique gold or a painted colour
• Upholstery options: any tapestry, damask, velvet, linen, silk, leather or a fabric you supply
• Size: custom sizes made to order; final measurements confirmed in writing before production
• Warranty: 20 years on solid teak frame and joinery; lifetime cover against termite damage
• Delivery: free across India with guaranteed dent-free arrival

Protecting Carved Feet and a Gilded Frame

The lion paw feet are the components most at risk on this piece. They are the lowest point, they project outward beyond the frame line, and they are the first thing to strike a doorframe or a stair edge during handling. Each is individually wrapped and fitted with a rigid guard around its full profile, and the settee never rests directly on them in transit; the crate carries the frame on its seat rails so the feet bear no weight and take no impact.

The gilded carving is faced with a soft non-abrasive layer that will not scuff a burnished surface, with the crest and the deep apron cartouche contour-padded so nothing presses on the raised relief. The tapestry travels against clean undyed material that cannot transfer colour into a woven cloth, and the single seat cushion is packed uncompressed rather than strapped flat, since a long cushion held under pressure for days develops a crease along the strap line. Everything is crated rigid and strapped. Dent-free, unmarked and with the carving intact, or we make it right.

Free Delivery Across India on This Made-to-Order Settee

Delivery is free anywhere in India with no distance surcharge and nothing added to your invoice for freight. A settee is one of the easier pieces we ship, because its shallow depth means it turns corners a deep sofa cannot, but its length still needs checking against your entrance and any stair turn. Send us those measurements at enquiry if there is any doubt and we will confirm the overall dimensions in writing before production begins.

Nothing is held in stock. Once your specification is confirmed the frame is carved, gilded over several stages and then upholstered, and we give you a realistic completion window at that point rather than an optimistic one. If you are working to a date, raise it at enquiry and we will say honestly whether it is achievable. The settee ships in rigid crated packing under our dent-free arrival guarantee, our team places it in the room, and we ask you to check the gilding, the tapestry alignment and the carved feet with them present so anything you are unhappy with is settled on the spot.

What Is Guaranteed on This Settee

The solid teak frame and joinery are covered for 20 years from delivery, and termite damage is covered for the life of the piece with no expiry. On a settee the joints that matter are where the scrolled arms meet the back rail and the seat frame, because an arm on a shallow-framed piece takes leverage every time someone pushes off it to stand. Those junctions are cut and pinned rather than screwed and are covered for the full term. The carved lion paw feet are also structural, turned and carved from solid stock as part of the leg rather than glued on as decorative caps, which is a common shortcut and a common failure point.

The tapestry, the cushion interior and the gold finish sit outside the structural warranty, as all three wear with use rather than fail through construction. Woven tapestry is among the more durable upholstery choices, but any fabric on a seat used daily will eventually flatten and fade. We reupholster and re-gild our own furniture at any point in its life at an honest price, and because we carved the frame we can recut a damaged volute or apron section without replacing the whole piece. Keep it indoors, out of prolonged direct sun, and do not modify the frame.