Leather Sofa in Carved Teak - 4 Seater Bronze with Champagne Frame

What Changes When a Sofa Gets Long

Three seats is where most carved sofas stop, and it is not an aesthetic decision. Past that length two problems arrive together. The first is the hide: no single piece of leather covers a four seater back, so the upholsterer has to seam it, and a seam crossing a deep-buttoned panel is glaringly obvious unless the button grid is laid out around the join before a single stitch is made. Getting that right means planning the buttoning from the seam outward rather than from the centre, which is the opposite of the instinctive approach.

The second is structural. A long seat rail carrying four people is a beam, and beams deflect. On a cheaply built long sofa you can see the sag along the front edge within a few years. The carved apron across the front of this frame is not trim laid onto the rail; it is part of the rail, cut from the same solid teak and carved after assembly so the ornament runs unbroken across the joints. That is why the apron is as deep as it is. The decoration and the engineering are the same piece of wood, which is the only honest way to build a sofa this long. All of it is carved, finished and upholstered by hand by master Indian artisans.

Specifications: Bronze Leather Four Seater Sofa

The sofa as photographed is described below. Because it is built to your order, every line is a starting point.

• Frame and carving: solid teak wood, hand-carved and hand-finished by master Indian artisans
• Seating: four seats as shown; two, three, five or a custom length available to order
• Upholstery: bronze leather, deep-buttoned across the back panel
• Arms: rolled and upholstered in matching leather over a carved scrolled base
• Frame finish: champagne silver, hand-applied and burnished on raised carving
• Crest: carved foliate crown at the centre of the back
• Apron: deep carved front rail with a foliate cartouche at the centre, structural rather than applied
• Legs: carved cabriole feet
• Upholstery options: leather in any colour, or velvet, linen, damask, silk or a fabric you supply
• Finish options: champagne as shown, or gold, antique gold, antique silver or a painted colour
• Cushions: firmness 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

Moving a Long Upholstered Frame Safely

The risk with a four seater is leverage. A long piece picked up at the ends puts all the stress into the middle of the seat rail, and a knock at one arm twists the whole frame rather than being absorbed locally. So this sofa is crated with a full-length rigid support running beneath the seat rail, which means the frame is carried along its entire length rather than at its ends and cannot flex in transit. Corner and arm sections are separately braced, since the rolled arms project furthest and meet obstacles first.

Leather is protected differently from the frame. It travels faced with a soft breathable layer laid directly against the hide, never a printed or dyed material that could transfer, and no strapping runs across the buttoned back, because pressure held on a button for a long road journey leaves an indentation in leather that does not relax out the way it does in fabric. The champagne carving is wrapped in non-abrasive facing and the carved apron and cabriole feet are contour-padded and rigid-guarded. Everything is crated and strapped. Dent-free, unmarked and with the frame true, or we make it right.

Free Delivery Across India, and the Measurement That Matters

Delivery is free anywhere in India with no distance surcharge and nothing added to your invoice for freight. Before you order a sofa this long, measure the route into your room, not just the room. A four seater cannot be turned in a narrow corridor or stood on end in a small lift the way a two seater can, and the single most common delivery problem with large sofas is a doorway or a stair turn that was never checked. Send us the width of your entrance door, your lift dimensions and the tightest turn on the way at enquiry, and we will engineer the frame to break down if it needs to.

Production begins after your specification is confirmed, since nothing is stocked; the frame is carved, finished in champagne over several stages, then upholstered and buttoned. We give you a realistic completion window at sign-off and will say at enquiry if a fixed date cannot be met. The sofa ships in full-length supported packing under our dent-free arrival guarantee, our team places it in the room, and we ask that you check the leather, the buttoning and the carved apron with them present so anything you are unhappy with is raised on the spot.

Warranty on a Four Seater Frame

The solid teak frame and joinery are guaranteed for 20 years from delivery, and termite damage is covered for the life of the sofa with no expiry. On a long sofa the clause that earns its keep is the one covering the seat rail and its joints, because that is the member carrying four people and the place a long sofa fails first. It is solid teak, jointed and pinned, with the carved apron forming part of its depth rather than being applied to the face of it. Termite cover runs indefinitely because teak resists termites through oils within the timber, not through a treatment that wears off, and every board is seasoned and treated before carving.

Leather, foam, webbing and the champagne finish sit outside the structural warranty. Good leather ages rather than fails; a bronze hide will develop patina where it is sat on and leaned against most, and that is not a defect. Foam softens with use, which is normal, and we replace or re-specify cushion interiors on our own sofas at any point at an honest price, as we do reupholstery and refinishing. Genuine faults such as a seam opening or a button pulling through are ours to fix. Keep the sofa indoors, out of prolonged direct sun, condition the leather occasionally, and do not modify the frame.