The history of Matteograssi began in Mariano Comense, a small town located in a small area called Brianza, located in Lombardy, a region of northern Italy, where the head of what was to become a dynasty of leather craftsmen opened a workshop in 1880.
The sign over the entrance read “Selleria” or “Saddlery”. Inside, the Grassi family — Matteo and his wife, and later on, his sons — would carefully craft articles made of coach hide, such as saddles, bridles, reins and the full harness, which horses need to work and transport.
From the 1950s to the ’70s, thanks to their lengthy experience crafting the saddlery, the family began producing coach hide components for other companies and their many customers included almost all of the most celebrated names in furnishings.
The first item bearing the company’s name was the Korium armchair by Tito Agnoli, an immediate success that brought the creativity of this small, dynamic firm under the spotlight.
Korium armchair — product heroMatteograssi is today an independent company, registered in Bergamo and London. The Grassi family chapter has closed, and the atelier carries its work forward: the same craftsmen, the same coach hide and the saddlery techniques refined over five generations. Every piece is still made in Italy, by hand, for residences, offices, hotels and institutions in more than 40 countries.
