White Dining Table Set in Carved Teak with Gold Picked Carving

The usual way to upholster a chair back panel is to stretch the cloth over a pad and staple it round the back, then cover the staples with braid or a strip of the same fabric. It works, and on a dark frame it lasts well. On a white frame, it is the weak point: the fabric edge stands proud, it collects hand marks where people pull the chair out, and when it eventually frays, the fraying is the first thing anyone sees.

So we rebate the frame instead. A shallow step is cut around the inside edge of the carved back frame, and the finished panel drops into that step, sitting below the surface of the timber. A thin moulded bead then holds it in, pinned from the inside.

Two things follow from that. The cloth edge is protected by timber on all four sides, so nothing frays where hands touch. And the panel is removable: take the bead out, lift the panel, put a new one back. A chair can be re-covered without stripping the frame, which on a white gilded frame is the difference between a simple job and a refinish.

It is slower to build. It is the reason a white dining chair still looks white after ten years of family meals.

Set: one dining table with chairs, made together as one commission.

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

Top: protective clear surface over the timber top, with a carved frieze beneath.

Base: turned pedestal on a scrolled four-way foot, leaving all seating positions clear of legs.

Chairs: pierced carved crests above shaped back panels.

Back panels: upholstered separately and set into a rebate in the frame, held by a pinned moulded bead so the cloth edge is protected by timber and the panel is removable for re-covering.

Upholstery: blue floral weave as photographed; different cloths for panels and seats if you prefer.

Finish: hand-applied white with gold-picked carving; ivory, gold, silver, walnut and natural teak also available.

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

White finishes show a transfer mark from any packing material that is not clean, so every piece is wrapped in fresh, soft, non-abrasive sheeting that has not been used on another job.

The pierced crests are packed with shaped foam set into their openings rather than laid across them, so strapping bears on solid timber and never on a fret. Chairs are crated individually and never nested.

The table's protective surface travels separately, edge-protected all round. The top is face-protected with a rigid board, and the pedestal's scrolled four-way foot is boxed in shaped foam.

Unpack the chairs first, then the base, then the top, and keep the inner sheeting on each piece until it is in position - the simplest way to keep a white finish clean through the last few metres of handling.

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 table size, chair count, upholstery and finish are confirmed in writing. Table and chairs are made together and dispatched together so the white and gold match exactly across every piece.

Dispatch follows full curing of the hand-applied finish. We share the schedule at confirmation, update you as work completes, and send tracking as soon as the crates leave us. Our team agrees the delivery window with you directly.

Open the crates with the delivery team present and check every piece. Send us your doorway, lift and stair measurements at the order stage and we set the top size to a dimension that will reach the room.

Every frame in the set carries a 20-year warranty on solid teak frame and joinery - the table, its pedestal and each chair on identical terms. The pierced crests are carved from the solid and are covered like the rest of the structure.

A lifetime warranty against termite damage runs on every 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, so the record stays with you. If a covered fault appears on one piece, send photographs and we repair or replace that piece alone.

Upholstery and hand-applied finishes are wearing surfaces and are handled separately. Because the back panels are removable, re-covering is straightforward at any age, and we keep your specification and panel sizes on file so a new panel drops straight into the existing rebate.