A look inside the drawings behind the new collections — the silhouettes the studio drafted, perfected, and made to scale before the first board was crafted.
From the drawing board — the Hamptons sofa, worked out in pencil, cord, and fabric before a single board was milled.
A collection is decided on paper long before it's prototyped in teak. The seat height. The back angle. The shoulder of the arm. The way the cushion meets the frame. Every detail is incorporated in the design before being rendered to scale — so that when the first prototype lands in one of our factories, it arrives as a faithful translation of the studio's intent, not an approximation of it.
The pieces on the pages that follow are the working drawings the studio used to set the proportions of the new 2026 deep-seating collection — the Hamptons collection. The drawings stayed in the studio for the better part of a year. These outdoor furniture pieces have now been made.
A good outdoor sofa is one you stop noticing — until someone says it's the most comfortable seat on the porch.
The question that shaped Hamptons was simple: what would an outdoor sofa look like if the back was actually tall enough to support a head when someone leans? Most outdoor sofas compromise on back height to hit a target depth, a target weight, a target price. Hamptons resists all three, and the silhouette below is where the studio settled.
Cushion-loaded view. The arm shoulder is drawn slightly proud of the back to give the silhouette its presence.
Frame-only study. Back height, seat depth, and stretcher placement set against a 19-inch seat datum.
A silhouette is a thousand small decisions standing on top of each other. The drawing is where they're argued out.
Two pieces currently moving through the design phase. Shared here so the trade can see where the studio is headed before either piece reaches a dealer floor.
All powder-coated aluminum, finished to read as teak. The look of solid teak at the weight of aluminum.
Hand-woven all-weather wicker on a revised silhouette — quieter, lower-shouldered, and built to pair with the rest of the line.
The design process is one of constant conversation — with dealers, hospitality designers, and the families who've kept Royal Teak pieces on the same patio for thirty summers.
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