Carezza Design | Private-Label Upholstered Furniture

Carezza furniture in a residential interior

Mid-Century for this century

Clean, uncluttered design principles brought to the modern home.

Our Style Guide

We’re drawn to 20th century art and architecture. We work across styles and design movements, but come back to the enduring clarity of mid-century modernism for inspiration. With each new collection, the details may change, but our aesthetic always remains clean and uncluttered.

Skill in the Making

We believe quality starts with structure. That’s why we work with a cabinet-making specialist to perfect our frames, joinery and wood details. Every frame carries a 10-year warranty. Our people are trained by expert carpenters, leather specialists and upholsterers. It’s how we bring artisanal techniques to scale.

An Eye for Detail

It’s the details that make a piece of furniture stand out on the shop floor or an online store. We specialise in modernist hardware, joinery, wood veneers, woven cane, and wickers. Whether plating metals, creating bespoke finishes or crafting exposed wood frames, we’re able to bring time-honoured techniques to the mass markets. While known for our hand-crafted Italian leathers, we’ve also become a source of quality wovens and cotton velvets. In every material we use, the priority is texture, tactility and visual value.

1027. Revolve Chair Basketweave Speckle fabric

1117. Tubby Chair Textured Velvet Ginger fabric

888. Napa Chair Cuba Iron fabric

1018. Dining Chair Natural leather

1099. Cobble Chair Textured fabric

1042. Occasional Chair Woven upholstery

Design-Minded

Adept in mid-century and modernist styles

1072. Charlie Sofa Harris Navy fabric

1114. Aretha Sofa Chalk Olive leather

1135. Marsick Chair Print Brazil fabric

1131. Idris Sofa Utah Smoke leather

936. Whitney Chair Chalk Olive leather

1116. Rufus Sofa Lino Coal fabric

1132. Roxy Chair Cotton Burgandy fabric

1168. Olivia Chair Cotton Cypress fabric

1128. Lily Chair Cotton Plum fabric

Mid-Century style
Modern materials

Natural Italian leather

Our signature leathers are soft and broken-in. You can see the natural variations in the hide and grain. We finish our leather with oils and waxes, not paints and polymers. By keeping our production in Italy, we ensure a high standard and a hand-touched process. Artisans with years of experience tan the leather and adjust each shade according to variations in the hides. Natural materials require skill to master, and our high-capacity team ensures that every batch is consistently beautiful.

Textural fabrics

As the online market for furniture has grown, Carezza’s fabrics have helped our clients create ready-to-ship collections that not only wear well, but photograph beautifully. Our dense and durable cotton velvets come in a rich spectrum of colours, each in a soft, matte pile. Cotton weaves include tweeds, twills and basketweaves. We pride ourselves on being a source and resource for high-quality, best-value fabrics.

We’re designers,
makers, merchants,
engineers, testers
and experts

With sales teams in Europe, leather-makers in Italy, our factory and showroom in Vietnam, and head office in Hong Kong, our staff is of diverse talent and international experience.

The founding duo Alison and Dan in their home in Hong Kong. Driven by a shared love for Mid-century design, the two launched Carezza in 2008, specialising in casual seating, dining chairs and headboards. They understand commercial retailing and are disciplined about delivering to the highest standards.

Daniel Feltham-White

Carezza’s Managing Director, Daniel cut his teeth as an upholsterer and in furniture production in the UK, and has since gone on to work in furniture industries around the globe. He’s built up a passionate repertoire of furniture knowledge, both in manufacturing and key retail markets, which he enthusiastically shares with buyers to help build productive collections.

Alison Gay

Carezza’s Creative Director, Alison grew up in South Africa and after moving to London, worked as a magazine design editor before founding Carezza in 2008. Alison’s broad knowledge of art and design, and her expertise in the workings of design-led retail, make her a favourite among creative brands.

Head Office and Studio Hong Kong

Our Hong Kong head office is home to our studio, where we host visitors for design and merchandising workshops and creative strategy sessions. Here you can explore our design and materials library and engage with our leadership team as well as our merchandisers, sales team, accounts and customers service departments.

Leather Tannery Italy

Trained in the craft of fine leather-making, our Italian team from Vicenza, are skilled in creating artisanal hand-made leathers. Established sourcing knowledge ensures that only the best hides are picked and the teams’ technical skills achieve the fine balance of authentic looks and consistency from large scale production.

The Glasshouse Vietnam

Located in Ho Chi Minh, our showroom is open by appointment only. At The Glasshouse, buyers can view new collections, customise products, merchandise collections and meet our team. We also invite you to visit us twice a year for our new Carezza Collection launches in March and October.

Manufacturing Facility Vietnam

Our factory, situated outside of Ho Chi Minh, is a world-class facility producing hand-made products at sizeable volumes. Skilled at frame construction and detailed upholstery techniques, the dedicated upholstery line is focussed on the details. Carezza’s team of quality inspectors oversee every product to leave the factory.

Want to collaborate? There are three ways to work with us

01.

Carezza Collection

Twice a year, we launch a new Carezza Collection. This broad-ranging resource allows buyers to shop a range of looks off-the-shelf and customise pieces for their own markets. Showcased in the tranquil surroundings of The Glasshouse, our purpose-built showroom and workplace in Vietnam, buyers can bring their own collections to life. We create and maintain exclusive collections for buyers, based on geographic territories.

02.

Design Workshops

We frequently host customers at our Hong Kong head office for range planning workshops with the design studio team. Here we talk strategy, direction, assortments, and materials. We’re experienced in submitting products in response to seasonal brand concepts, and equally confident to develop designs from sketches and references. You choose how you want to work with us.

03.

Customer Designs

We work directly with your company’s in-house designers and sourcing teams to implement design briefs. We’re experienced in corporate processes and compliance, and we have an in-house testing laboratory, as well as skilled quality control staff experienced in product engineering, packaging and labelling. Due to our mid-century expertise, we’re often the favoured choice for nuanced and demanding ODM briefs.

Our customers are the home industry’s leading retailers. They’re on every continent, and they range from large listed chains to e-commerce startups.

Company
Overview

Carezza is a privately held company with teams in London, Italy, Hong Kong and Vietnam. Our products are all made and shipped from Vietnam by full container load. We’re experienced in corporate processes, compliance and factory audits. We have an in-house testing laboratory, as well as skilled quality control teams for products, packaging, and labelling.

We supply the best brands across the globe, and we comply with rigorous policies and standards, from the USA (California) to the UK and European Union. Our collections have been featured in international design and lifestyle publications, and we are known worldwide as a trusted resource for design-led furniture brands.