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Scoop Outdoor Seating by Gloster

$1,848.00

Our Scoop Outdoor Seating is woven furniture that's modern, minimalist, and sophisticated. This outdoor patio furniture collection marries clean, distinctive lines and curvilinear seats that fit the contours of your body. No cushions are required, as the "scoop" seat is ergonomically designed and naturally comfortable.

Gloster hand-weaves its all-weather wicker
Fully welded, powdercoated aluminum frames
Both light and highly resistant to corrosion
Supple weave is UV- and tear-resistant
Solid teak furniture is a great investment
Crafted from plantation-grown teak for durability
All-weather through-dyed wicker is insensitive to variances in temperature
Hand-pieced teak crowns the conversation and side tables

About Gloster Teak

Teak Wood: Care & Characteristics

Eco-friendly Teak Craftmanship

About Gloster Teak

About the Company

Gloster's origins as furniture makers go back more than 40 years. Today, the Gloster name is synonymous with the best design and the highest quality in outdoor furniture. Key to Gloster's philosophy is the belief that outdoor furniture is as important a style statement as indoor furniture, hence their range of both classical and modern designs that cater to all tastes. From the traditional to the contemporary, there's something for everyone.

Known best for their fine-grained teak furniture, Gloster has earned consistently superior marks for comfort, rock-solid build, and finish. This is, after all, the same Gloster whose furniture is found at Buckingham Palace, as well as resort hotels, cruise ships, and country clubs worldwide.

Gloster selects only hearty planks of straight-grained, plantation-grown timber, free of knots and splits. Wood is kiln-dried and joints secured with a mortise and tenon to ensure the furniture never wobbles. The velvet handrubbed finish — even on the undersides — is as smooth as any you've experienced, indoors or out. Fine-grained and rich in oil, Gloster teak remains impervious to the effects of salt spray, freezing rain, and blistering sun, with only its trademark silver-gray patina to show the passage of time.

Gloster designs with ergonomic comfort in mind: seating angles, profiled armrests, contoured seats and back panels, heights of chair arms and tabletops — all are engineered by the world's most eminent furniture designers to put you at ease.

Manufacturing Principles

Gloster furniture is selected by the most demanding customers who insist on only the best, so Gloster settles for nothing less during the manufacturing process.

In a factory near Surabaya in Java, Indonesia, which was founded nearly 20 years ago, Gloster uses both traditional and modern methods to achieve production standards that well exceed those of most other indoor and outdoor furniture manufacturers. Located near the teak plantations, the Gloster factory is run by a European management team and employs over 800 people.

In addition to teak, recent years have seen the arrival of more modern, innovative materials. Extensive use is made of Textilene® sling, stainless steel, powdercoated aluminum, and man-made all-weather wicker fiber. Special departments within the factory are entirely devoted to ensuring that these materials meet the same high standards as the teak components.

Every piece of Gloster furniture is crafted by skilled furniture makers and then hand-finished to guarantee years of service in the most demanding of conditions.

Teak Wood: Care & Characteristics

Cleaning & Care
Characteristics of Teak Wood

Cleaning and Maintenance

Treating teak with oils or other preservatives is not necessary for protection, and will not extend the life of your furniture. However, if you prefer to keep your teak furniture at its original golden color instead of letting it weather to a silvery-gray patina, our Teak Maintenance Products can help maintain the wood's hue:

For stained or dirty teak, Frontgate's Teak Cleaner is a strong solution that removes all accumulated dirt and grease from the wood's surface.
Often used in conjunction with the cleaner solution, our Teak Protector penetrates deep into the timber, dissolving away any remaining grease and dirt. The bleaching action of the brightener also restores some of the original natural surface color of the timber.

Care of Teak

Teak does not require any special maintenance other than an occasional cleaning. If left to age naturally outdoors, the surface of the wood will gradually change to a soft silvery-grey as the pigments fade. We recommend that you maintain the silver patina with regular, gentle cleaning with soft-soap flakes dissolved in warm water (not detergent).

Be sure to use a non-abrasive brush or sponge when cleaning, and avoid using steel wool or wire brushes. When finished, rinse the entire piece of furniture with low-pressure water to remove any dirt or remaining solution.

Characteristics of Teak Wood

Teak is regarded as one of the most beautiful, high-quality woods manufactured today. It's a very dense, straight-grained hardwood with a coarse texture, high natural oil content, and a distinctively aromatic scent (often compared to leather).

Widely renowned for its durability and resistance to rotting, teak is almost impervious to the effects of sun, rain, frost, and snow. Its high level of resinous oil acts as a natural insect repellent, giving it a very high resistance to termites. Due to its hard-wearing nature, teak has been the timber of choice in shipbuilding for hundreds of years.

It is also a popular material for outdoor furnishings. Many other hardwoods are often marketed as "teak substitutes," but no other material performs to the same standards as genuine teak.

Another popular trait of teak wood is its weathering tendency. Over time, teak furniture will attain a handsome silvery-gray patina. This process takes approximately nine months, depending on the amount of sunlight and rain exposure. During weathering, a slight lifting of the grain may occur on the tops of the arms and legs, and you may even see a few cracks. This is not considered a defect, but a natural expanding and contracting of the wood. The grain will return to its original smooth finish after the weathering process is complete.

You'll find a wide assortment of finely-crafted teak furnishings and accents at Frontgate.

Eco-friendly Teak Craftmanship

Eco-friendly Teak Craftsmanship

Frontgate recognizes and respects the significance of natural resources, and we take steps to ensure that our products are crafted in an environmentally responsible manner. Our teak furnishings are constructed with fine-grain wood, harvested under closely monitored guidelines and restrictions.

Teak (also known as Tectona Grandis, its Latin name) is indigenous to India, Burma, Thailand, Indochina, and Java. It has been extensively planted for timber and as an ornamental tree throughout the tropical regions of the world, including East and West Africa, Cuba, the Caribbean, Panama, and Brazil. In its native area, teak is a high-value crop and a vital source of income and employment.

Teak cannot grow in rain forests; it is a deciduous tree that thrives in the dry, hilly terrain of plantation forests in Southeast Asia. When plantation-grown, the teak tree will reach a height of up to 150 feet, with a diameter of 3-5 feet. It is ready to be harvested after 50-60 years.

Java has very large teak plantations, initially planted by the Dutch in the early 1800s. Today, these plantations are closely monitored by the Indonesian government. A strict policy regulates the number and size of the teak trees that can be felled; those that are cut down are replaced with newly planted trees to maintain the forests for future generations.