French Provincial Outdoor Three-Seat Settee Toile

Carved Teak Outdoor Sofa Three Seat | Hamptons Provincial Outdoor

French & Hamptons Style

In the farmhouses of Provence the radassier was the lounging bench — long, ladder-backed, set by the hearth, and made, as its name from the old dialect for idling suggests, for doing nothing in particular. The Hamptons Provincial Outdoor Three-Seat Settee is its direct descendant and the piece the whole collection was designed around. Three seats run across a carved triple-arched apron, each arch centred on a hand-carved scallop shell. The crest rail bows gently to a fourth carved shell, the arms end in carved spiral volutes, and the legs are cabriole. Deep separate seat and back cushions give it the depth of an indoor sofa.

• 1950 × 825 × 1000mm — full sofa proportions in solid teak
• Solid plantation teak, traditionally jointed and hand-carved
• Carved triple-arched apron with three hand-carved scallop shells, and a fourth at the crest
• Carved spiral volute arm terminals; cabriole legs
• Deep separate seat and back cushions in blue toile de Jouy or plain ivory
• Standard or reticulated quick-drain outdoor foam

An Outdoor Sofa After the French Radassier Bench

Set it against the wall of a covered terrace with two lounge armchairs facing and a coffee table between, and the arrangement reads as a room rather than as furniture placed outside. It is equally at home on a Federation veranda, beside a lap pool, or in a glasshouse. Specify the blue toile where the setting should have a voice, or the plain ivory where the carved frame should carry it alone.

Solid plantation teak, traditionally jointed and hand-carved in our Indonesian workshop. Finished in Rubio Monocoat limewash as standard — a hardwax oil that penetrates the timber rather than coating it, so the grain remains visible and the surface can be spot-repaired rather than stripped. Also available raw, or in any of our house finishes.

A bench built for idling, four hundred years ago and again now.

Care: Teak requires no sealing or oiling. Left uncovered the limewash mellows toward silver-grey over one to two seasons; under cover it holds its pale honey tone. An annual wash with mild soapy water is all the timber asks. Cushions should be brought under cover overnight and protected in poor weather.