Every piece comes from a producer we admire — family-owned, reputable, and proud of their craft.
Our Curation
At Italia Furniture, every piece begins with a conversation with the factory, never a catalog. Each product is specified down to the last detail — the stitching, the finish of a door, the material inside a drawer, the placement of a handle.
Every factory is visited in person, and many relationships span two generations. Our vendor list stays small by choice: curation over breadth, patience over trend.
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Makers, chosen one by one
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Countries: Italy, USA, Greece
1919
Our longest-established maker: Kartell
The makers
Italy · Francenigo, Treviso (Veneto)
Founded 1951
Founded in 1951 in Francenigo as ALF — Artigiana Legno Francenigo — a cooperative of carpenters in the Treviso furniture district. In 1957 the Piovesana brothers, Eugenio and Oliviero, took ownership. The company is still in the family today, with Oliviero’s children, Maria Cristina and Piero, running the business. Three generations, one workshop, still in Francenigo.
Italy · Matera (Basilicata)
Founded 1965
Founded in 1965 in Matera by Liborio Vincenzo Calia, who had started his own carpentry workshop in 1944 at age eighteen. In 1978 his son Giuseppe joined the company, then his other son Saverio in 1985 — the two brothers run the business today. The Calia family has stayed in Matera since the founder began.
Italy · Thiene, Vicenza (Veneto)
Founded 2018
Founded in 2018 in Thiene, in the Vicenza foothills of the Veneto woodworking district. The company was formed by the coming-together of some of the most experienced professionals in the Italian furniture industry. Production stays in-house, on a single site.
USA · Santa Fe Springs, California
Founded 1988
Founded in 1988 in Santa Fe Springs, California as Elite Manufacturing. American-made furniture for homes and hospitality projects, anchored by long-running partnerships with designers Carl Muller and Rick Lee. Elite’s reputation for quality and durability is reflected in its commercial work — with products found at Wynn Properties, Marriott Hotels, and countless other applications where durability matters most.
Italy · Tavullia, Pesaro e Urbino (Marche)
Founded 1973
Founded in 1973 by Vittorio Livi in Tavullia, near Pesaro. Livi had been working in a glass factory and wondered if a chair could be made of curved glass — the Onda Pouf was the first answer. Awarded the Compasso d’Oro career prize in 2001, and again, for the Ghost armchair, in 2022. Still based where Livi started.
Italy · Altamura (Puglia)
Founded 2000
Founded in 2000 in Altamura, in Puglia’s upholstery district. The region’s craft is multi-generational — fathers teaching sons, sons teaching grandsons — and every cover is cut and stitched by Incanto’s in-house team.
Italy · Milan (Lombardia)
Founded 1949
Founded in 1949 in Milan by engineer Giulio Castelli, with a single ambition: bring an unfamiliar material — plastic — into the Italian home. In 1988 the company passed to Claudio Luti, who reframed Kartell around colour, transparency, and partnerships with Joe Colombo, Philippe Starck, Antonio Citterio, Patricia Urquiola, and Ferruccio Laviani. Still headquartered in the Milan metro.
Italy · Torre di Mosto, Venice (Veneto)
Founded 1976
Founded in 1976 by Eugenio Perazza in Motta di Livenza, in the Veneto; two months later it showed for the first time at the Salone del Mobile in Milan. Magis built its name on research into materials and manufacturing, working with designers including Jasper Morrison, Konstantin Grcic, Philippe Starck, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, and Eero Aarnio. Winner of six Compasso d’Oro awards, with pieces in the permanent collections of more than 35 museums. Based in nearby Torre di Mosto since 2010, and still a family business.
Italy · Meolo, Venice (Veneto)
Founded 1969
Founded at the close of the 1960s by Luigi Bardini in Meolo, a small town north of Venice. Bardini started in sales — staples to local industries — before switching to wooden furniture with two partners; within two months he was the sole owner. In 2009 he handed the company to his three sons, Alessandro, Matteo, and Mario, who steer it today.
Greece · Athens (Attica)
Founded 1990
Founded in 1990 in Athens by brothers Georgios and Nasos Papadatos as a small sofa workshop. Today the company exports to more than forty countries, with flagship stores in Athens, St. Petersburg, and Shanghai. Still family-run from the same Athens site.
Italy · Mansuè, Treviso (Veneto)
Founded 1991
Founded in 1991 in Mansuè, in the Treviso furniture district, as a maker of office furniture. Over three decades it has grown into a group — adding OffiSit for professional seating and the lighting maker Karboxx — and today makes furniture and lighting for offices, hospitality and the home. Production stays within an Italian supply chain.
Italy · Pasiano di Pordenone (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
Founded 1968
Founded in 1968 in Brugnera, Pordenone, by the San Giacomo family. Moved to the company’s current Pasiano di Pordenone site in 1971. In 1987 the family acquired the kitchen maker Meson’s Cucine, founded 1963. Still close to its Friuli roots, on a single production site.
Pieces from every maker are on display in our Norcross showroom.
