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The Calligaris
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The Marocca,
the first chair
ever produced
by Calligaris
CALLIGARIS IS AN ITALIAN COMPANY
PRODUCING DESIGNER FURNITURE
FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AND
CONTRACT SECTORS, WITH OVERSEAS
SUBSIDIARIES AND SALES POINTS ALL
OVER THE WORLD
Calligaris was founded in Manzano, in the
province of Udine, in 1923, starting out as a
small artisan laboratory created by Antonio
Calligaris. There he produced the Marocca
chair, with its wooden frame and caned seat,
a typical product for the area that would later
become known as the “chair district”. The
cut and assembly of the wooden parts was
mainly entrusted to the men, while the caning
was carried out by women who went to the
customers' homes and, in roughly two hours,
were able to complete one chair. In the 1950s,
Romeo inherited his father’s business and was
able to further develop it, also thanks to the
economic boom of the post-war period.
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In the 60s, the business was passed
on to the third Calligaris generation, to
Alessandro and Walter, who put their
faith in an automatic caning machine
that could cane a seat in one minute and
twenty seconds using synthetic fibres
similar to straw. In subsequent years,
production capacity continued to grow
and the business gradually transformed
into a well-structured industrial company
that would create its first catalogue and
begin to export overseas. From that
moment, Calligaris began to distribute its
products to the final customer through
dealers located across Italy and Europe.
The product range expanded with the
addition of chairs, tables, accessories
and furniture. In October 1986, Alessandro
Calligaris became president of the
company, responsible for managing
the entire business. At that time, the
company experimented with cuttingedge
technologies, with wood being
supplemented with new combinations of
materials such as plastic, metals, fabric,
methacrylate and glass, and the addition
of innovative materials such as ceramic.
In the following years, the company
developed on an international level. The
first overseas subsidiaries opened and
the product range was further expanded
with the addition of upholstered pieces
such as sofas and beds, as well as
accessories and lighting.
Manzano (Udine)
Headquarters,
Research & Development,
logistics and warehouse
30.000 sqm
2 CALLIGARIS.COM 3