Showcasing the very best in Italian smart design since 1923, Calligaris furniture offers a unique collection of elegant Italian living, dining and bedroom furniture. The range includes modern Calligaris table and chairs, beds, sofas, storage units for living and sleeping areas, and furnishing accessories. Calligaris offers countless colours, sizes and materials, in addition to advanced extension mechanisms.
Over the last 90 years, Calligaris have consistently promoted innovation. They design and create furniture and furnishing accessories for a diverse array of homes, harmonising with a number of different styles. They experiment, change and innovate because they know what the brand represents for those who choose it: a guarantee of quality and creativity at an accessible price. Design that is contemporary, flexible and intelligent.
“Smart” is harmony between technique and aesthetics, between reason and emotion, as each piece in the Calligaris furniture collection contains the know-how of experienced designers and the creativiy applied to contemporary living.
“Smart Design” by Calligaris is a wide and articulate offering of functional furniture, with a contemporary style that combines the best shapes, colours and materials.
Calligaris know that every space and home-maker’s needs are different, so they offer a wide range of products and made-to-order options to make sure you find what you like.
Whether it’s a dining area that is always ready to welcome friends and family, the comforting call of the sofa, the dreamy prospect of your bed at the end of a long day, the home working area where ideas and inspiration can flow freely, when it comes to contemporary design for real life, Calligaris is where you’ll always feel at home.
In 1923 Antonio Calligaris started his small artisanal business by producing the 'Marocca' chair, a typical model of the Manzano area in Friuli. It is characterised by a sturdy wooden frame, the hand-woven rush seat and the slightly curved legs. Apprentices were in charge of painting the rush using natural colours, while women were in charge of weaving the seats with their skilful hands
.The workshop of Antonio Calligaris started to organise production, bringing in wood from the surrounding mountains and straw from the Friulan lagoon. The apprentices of the workshop were entrusted with dying the straw with natural pigments. With few machines in operation, the majority of the work was done manually - mainly by women who wove the seats and put the finishing touches on the chairs. From the 1960’s onwards,the economic boom coincided with the modernization of Calligaris. They introduced automation, becoming a leader in the area known worldwide as “The Chair District” and laying the groundwork for expansion into larger markets. In 1986, Alessandro Calligaris, the third generation of the family took over as president.
Throughout the 90’s Calligaris expanded its range with complete furnishing solutions: chairs, tables, furniture, beds, sofas, furnishing and decorative accessories. Wood was no longer the only material used and the company began to work in metal, plastic, leather and glass. The last decade has been crucial for Calligaris, establishing itself as a truly international company. Calligaris has succeeded in unifying a artisanal tradition that is synonymous with quality, care and Italian style, on the one hand, and the adoption of industrial techniques that has made it a leader in the furniture industry. To date, the Calligaris Group has 600 employees, with subsidiaries in the United States, Japan, Russia and France and five manufacturing plants, including one in Croatia.
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