Inedito / Asnaghi

Inedito / Asnaghi: A Century of Brianza Craft, Rebuilt for Contemporary Interiors

The Brianza — the hilly stretch of Lombardy between Milan and Como — has been producing furniture since the late nineteenth century. The workshops that developed there were not imitating Parisian ateliers or following international trade; they were building a regional tradition of woodworking, inlay, and upholstery that had its own internal standards. Asnaghi grew out of that tradition, starting at the turn of the twentieth century as a small artisanal workshop in Cesano Maderno, producing upholstered furniture that made its way into villas, hotels, embassies, and royal palaces across Europe and the Middle East.

Three generations later, the workshop had become a company with an international reputation for classic Italian furniture — carved wood, hand-applied gold leaf, silk and velvet upholstery, inlay work that could only be done by someone who had spent years learning it. In 2014, a second brand called Inedito was launched alongside it, aimed at a younger design-conscious market: the same materials and craft base, but applied to cleaner lines and a more contemporary formal vocabulary. By 2020, the two brands merged into a single identity, Inedito / Asnaghi, which is where things get interesting.

Two Traditions, One Brand

The merger was not a compromise. The result is a catalogue that genuinely spans two distinct design positions without either diluting the other. The classic range — carved and gilded bedroom furniture, formal dining suites, boiserie wall panelling, painted and lacquered cabinets — retains all the technical ambition of the Asnaghi workshop at its most elaborate. The Gerbera bed, with its ivory and gold-leaf carved headboard, is the kind of piece that requires craftsmen who were trained by craftsmen, not a production line. The Inedito end of the catalogue works from the same material quality but in a different register: the Loto sofa, the Cassandra three-seater, the Crono side table series — all built with the same care, without the historical ornament.

What connects both ends is the production philosophy. Every piece, whether a carved gilded cabinet or a clean-lined contemporary armchair, goes through the same stages: material selection, hand-crafting, individual quality control at each step, and finishing by the same team that has been doing it in Lombardy for decades. The Secret Shapes collection — launched to mark the 2020 merger — sits deliberately at the midpoint: architectural forms in crisp lines with monochromatic upholstery, structured by Italian craftsmanship rather than historical reference.

What the Range Covers

• Upholstered seating — sofas, armchairs, and dining chairs in silk, velvet, leather, and bespoke fabrics, across both contemporary and classic models
• Bedroom furniture — beds, wardrobes, bedside tables, and dressing tables, including hand-carved and gold-leaf models
• Living and dining — centre tables, consoles, sideboards, and dining tables in lacquered wood, marquetry, and painted finishes
• Boiserie and wall decoration — full-room wall panelling designed and installed to specification, a category few furniture brands still handle in-house
• Curtains and soft furnishings — coordinated textile solutions for complete project delivery

All pieces are produced in Italy and available with a high degree of customisation in finish, fabric, and dimension — which is why the brand is regularly specified for private villas, luxury hotels, government buildings, and yacht interiors. The Inedito / Asnaghi collection is available in the UK through SayRug, for residential clients and project specifications requiring this level of Italian furniture craft.