Brand · Italian outdoor furniture
Gervasoni outdoor furniture
Founded · Pavia di Udine, 1882
Workshop · Friuli, Italy
Designer · Paola Navone in residence
About Gervasoni
The Friulian house that built its identity on whitewash and weave. Founded in 1882 in Pavia di Udine by Giovanni Battista Gervasoni as a wickerwork atelier, the company spent its first century supplying baskets and rural furniture to the region. The pivot came in 1998 when Paola Navone took on the role of designer-in-residence and launched the InOut programme, whitewashed teak frames upholstered in linen, sketched as a continuous catalog that erased the line between living-room and terrace. The contemporary outdoor range extends the same vocabulary: rope-woven Mediterraneo dining, Ghost Out lounge in slipcovered linen, Brise parasol shade. Production remains entirely in Friuli. Compare with our Flexform, Ethimo and Poltrona Frau catalogs for adjacent specs.
Official site: gervasoni1882.com
Current catalog · 4 collections of note
Materials & craft
Five core material families across the outdoor catalog, all from Friulian workshops.
Specifier resources written for US trade buyers, designers, and architects working with European outdoor furniture.
Decision matrix, lifecycle cost, and FSC sourcing.
Brand positioningSide-by-side specifier comparison and hybrid path.
CertificationHow to verify FSC certificates and what to ask for.
FabricSpecifier sheets, hospitality contract grades, COM workflow.
Brand vs brandWhen to specify each, when to specify both.
ProcurementTrade buyer workflow from brief to install.
