Traditional Sofa Set in Carved Teak - Damask with Natural Wood Frame

A natural wood frame is the harder finish to carry off on upholstered furniture, for a reason that has nothing to do with taste: it hides nothing. Paint fills small gaps, evens out grain and disguises a joint that is not quite closed. Polish reveals all three.

So on a sofa like this the joinery has to be right before the finish is even considered - every mitre closed, every mortise tight, every carved band meeting its neighbour cleanly at the corners. Workshops that paint their frames can be forgiving about that. Workshops that polish them cannot.

Our master Indian artisans treat it as the honest version of the work. The carving is cut deeper than it would be for a painted piece, because shadow is doing all of the work; the timber is selected for consistent colour across the visible rails; and nothing is filled. What you see is what was made, which is the point.

Material: Solid teak frame throughout, polished rather than painted, including top rail, arms, chaise rail, apron and legs.

Carving: Continuous scroll and leaf band along the top rail rising into three crests; foliate carving along the apron; deep carved volute on the arm; carved rail following the chaise curve.

Chaise: Rounded in plan at the open end.

Upholstery: Gold damask used across back, seats and loose cushions as a single continuous field; any fabric and colour available.

Finish: Natural warm brown as shown, and available in honey teak, mid brown, walnut, espresso, or painted and gilded finishes.

Arm detail: Tassel at the scrolled arm; can be omitted.

Configuration: Chaise built on the left or right hand as your room requires.

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

Polished timber shows scuffs immediately, and on this sofa the frame is visible everywhere, so every carved and polished surface is covered first in a soft non-marking layer laid on without tension.

The three carved crests along the top rail are given shaped foam shells, and the deep arm volute is collared along its curve.

The carved apron is protected from beneath as well as around, since it sits at the height where trolleys and doorframes catch, and the carved rail following the chaise curve is supported along its whole profile.

Upholstered surfaces are bagged in breathable covers, and seat and loose cushions travel separately so nothing compresses them.

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, chaise hand, fabric and finish are confirmed in writing. We give you a realistic timeline then and send photographs of your own sofa as the carving is cut and the polish built up in coats.

On arrival the sections are carried in and assembled in your room, the frame levelled, the polish checked over and the cushions placed. 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 - the top rail, the arms, the chaise, the apron, the legs and every joint between them. On this sofa the joinery is visible rather than hidden under paint, so the warranty stands behind work you can actually inspect.

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 polished frame is the easiest of all to renew: it can be sanded back and re-polished as many times as you like, in the same tone or a different one, without the matching problems that come with paint or gilding. Upholstery can be re-covered to the original pattern, which we keep on file with the frame dimensions and the chaise hand. Our own master Indian artisans do the work and explain what it involves before starting.