1923

Founded by Antonio Calligaris

Manzano

The Italian chair district, Friuli

70+

Countries where Calligaris is sold

Costa Mesa

Where you can sit in it

THE BEGINNING

It began with one chair.

In 1923 Antonio Calligaris founded a small workshop in Manzano, in Friuli's chair district, to make the Marocca chair.

A hundred years later, Calligaris still makes furniture in Manzano.

ONE HUNDRED AND THREE YEARS

Still the same town.

1923

Antonio Calligaris founds a small workshop in Manzano to make the Marocca chair.

1950s

Romeo Calligaris takes over from his father and leads the company through Italy's postwar boom.

1970s

The third generation, Alessandro and Walter Calligaris, industrializes production, publishes the first catalog and begins exporting.

1998

Calligaris opens its first United States branch, in High Point, North Carolina.

Today

Still designed in Manzano, now sold in more than 70 countries.

ORANGE COUNTY

A hundred years, now in Costa Mesa.

Everything on this page comes together at our Costa Mesa showroom, the only Calligaris store in Orange County.

Bring a floor plan, bring your client, or just come and look.

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See it in person.

Visit our Costa Mesa showroom to see the collection, compare finishes, and sit in the pieces before you order.

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