Carved Baroque Salon Set, Settee with Two Armchairs

A three-piece baithak in the old baroque manner, a settee and two armchairs on carved frames, crests scrolling at the top rails, cabriole legs beneath and buttoned, pleated upholstery that takes the formality out of the carving. This is the set the good room was invented for. Give it the living room where guests sit longest or split it, settee in the hall, chairs to the bedroom corners and it hosts two rooms at once. It comes in four dressings, champagne velvet, olive velvet, ivory damask and tapestry panels on cream, so the same bones suit a pale room or a rich one. Whichever you choose, the velvet and damask want the vacuum's soft brush weekly and a seat away from direct sun. The carving hides nothing except, at some point every November, the kaju katli box, briefly and never successfully.