Deep Seat Sofa in Carved Teak - 3 Seater Champagne and Taupe

Seat Depth Is the Specification Nobody Checks

People choose sofas by looking at them and, if they are careful, by sitting on them for thirty seconds in a showroom. What actually determines whether a sofa is comfortable three years later is a set of dimensions almost nobody asks about: seat depth, seat height, back angle and arm height. Depth is the most consequential of the four. Too shallow and a tall person is cut behind the knee and slides forward. Too deep and a shorter person cannot reach the backrest without their feet leaving the floor, so they end up perching or piling cushions behind them.

This design is built deliberately deep, for people who want to sit sideways with their legs up rather than upright with their feet down. Everything else follows from it. The arms are low, because high arms are an obstacle when you lie across a seat. The back is buttoned rather than loose-cushioned, because a loose back cushion on a deep seat slides forward every time someone moves. The seat cushion runs unbroken across the width so there is no join under your hip when you turn sideways. None of that is decorative; it is what the depth requires. And because we build to order, the depth itself is a number you choose rather than one you inherit.

Specifications: Deep Seat Champagne and Taupe Sofa

The sofa as photographed is described below. Since it is made to your order, every 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, four or a custom length available
• Seat: deeper than standard, specified to your requirement; single long fringed cushion
• Arms: set low to allow lengthwise use of the seat
• Back: deep-buttoned upholstered panel with carved upholstered wings at each end
• Crest: pierced carved crest across the back rising to a centre cartouche
• Apron: deep pierced carved front on a plinth base
• Feet: heavily carved feet
• Upholstery: taupe as shown, or velvet, damask, linen, silk, leather or a fabric you supply
• Frame finish: champagne gold as shown, or gold, antique gold, silver or a painted colour
• Cushions: seat depth, back angle and firmness all specified to your preference
• 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

Crating a Sofa With a Plinth Base

Most sofas are carried on their seat rails with the legs hanging clear. This one sits on a plinth with carved feet beneath it, which means the lowest part of the piece is a continuous carved base rather than four separate points, and it is both the heaviest section and the one most exposed to knocks against door frames and stair edges. The crate supports the plinth along its whole length on a contoured bed, with rigid guarding around the full perimeter of the base and separate wrapping for each carved foot.

Both pierced runs are protected as voids rather than padded flat: the crest across the back and the apron across the front each sit in foam cut around the openwork so nothing bears on the cut-through sections. The long fringed cushion is packed uncompressed and flat, with the fringe folded rather than crushed, since a crushed fringe takes weeks to hang properly again. Taupe upholstery travels against clean undyed material with no strapping over the buttoning, and the champagne carving is faced in non-abrasive wrap throughout. Dent-free, unmarked and with both pierced runs intact, or we make it right.

Free Delivery Across India, and What to Tell Us First

Delivery is free anywhere in India with no distance surcharge and nothing added to your invoice for freight. Before production, tell us who will use this sofa most and roughly how tall they are. Seat depth is the whole point of this design and it is not a number you can sensibly leave to us to guess; a depth that suits a tall adult lounging is uncomfortable for a shorter person sitting upright. We will recommend a depth, confirm it in writing along with the other dimensions, and build to it.

Production begins once that specification is agreed, since nothing is stocked. The frame is carved, the plinth and pierced apron are cut, the champagne finish is applied over several stages, and the deep seat and buttoned back are then upholstered. We give you a realistic window at sign-off and will say at enquiry if a fixed date cannot be met. The sofa ships in contoured crated packing under our dent-free arrival guarantee. Because the plinth base makes this a heavy piece, mention narrow entrances, small lifts and tight stair turns at enquiry.

Warranty on a Deep-Seated Frame

The solid teak frame and joinery are covered for 20 years from delivery, and termite damage is covered for the life of the sofa with no expiry. A deep seat puts load further forward of the back frame than a standard one, which increases the leverage on the seat rails and on the joints where they meet the arms. Those are cut and pinned rather than screwed and are covered for the full term, as is the plinth base. The pierced crest and pierced apron are covered against manufacturing failure rather than impact, which is a fair distinction on cut-through carving.

The taupe upholstery, the cushion interiors and the champagne finish sit outside the structural warranty. On a deep seat the cushion interior does more work than on a shallow one, because there is more unsupported span between the front edge and the back, so foam specification matters and it will soften over years of daily use. That is wear, not a defect. We replace cushion interiors, reupholster and refinish our own sofas at any point at an honest price. Keep the piece indoors, out of prolonged direct sun, and do not modify the frame.