Direct from Italy · 200+ brands
Furniture
Lighting
Kitchens
Outdoor
FF&E procurement is the process of selecting, ordering and delivering Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment for a building project. Via della Seta handles everything between your design drawings and the finished room: sourcing from 200+ Italian factories, placing orders at trade pricing 30-50% below retail, managing production timelines, coordinating logistics across borders and delivering to site.
Direct access to Minotti, B&B Italia, Poliform, Cassina, Flos, Boffi, DEDON and 200+ more. One supplier, one quote, one delivery. 90+ projects delivered across 34 countries.
Sofas, dining tables, beds, storage, shelving, desks, chairs. From Minotti, B&B Italia, Poliform, Cassina, Molteni&C, Flexform, Baxter, Giorgetti, Meridiani and Zanotta. Trade pricing 30-50% below retail showroom prices.
Kitchens, bathrooms, built-in wardrobes, door hardware, taps, sinks. Boffi, Dada (by Molteni), Arclinea for kitchens. Agape, Cea Design, Fantini, Gessi, Antonio Lupi for bathrooms. Factory-direct pricing with full customisation.
Lighting from Flos, Artemide, Foscarini, Vibia, Louis Poulsen, Oluce. Smart home systems (Lutron, KNX), motorised blinds, multi-room audio, climate control. Coordinated with furniture to prevent installation conflicts.
DEDON, Kettal, Paola Lenti, Ethimo, Roda, Tribu, Royal Botania, Gandia Blasco. Hand-woven, aluminium, teak and stone collections for terraces, pools and gardens. Same trade pricing and logistics as indoor furniture.
You have the design. You need someone to source it. We work with designers who specify Italian brands but do not want to manage factory relationships, international shipping and customs paperwork. You keep creative control. We handle execution. Most designer clients work on projects between CHF 50'000 and CHF 500'000 in FF&E value.
For architects delivering turnkey residential projects, FF&E procurement is often the last piece — and the most time-consuming. We plug into your project timeline, attend specification meetings and coordinate delivery with your site schedule.
Furnishing multiple units in a residential development requires standardised specifications, volume pricing and phased delivery. We handle multi-unit procurement for developers who want consistent quality across 5, 10 or 50 apartments.
Boutique hotels, restaurants and private members' clubs with an Italian design direction. We source furniture that meets commercial durability requirements while maintaining the residential aesthetic that boutique hospitality demands.
One supplier, one quote, one delivery — across 200+ Italian factories.
You send us your design package — floor plans, elevations, moodboards, FF&E schedules. We review every item and flag discontinued models, unrealistic lead times, budget mismatches or products that do not ship to your destination. Takes 3-5 working days.
For every specified item, we confirm availability, current pricing and lead time. Where a product has been discontinued or exceeds budget, we propose alternatives. We do not substitute without your approval.
One quote covering all items, grouped by room or category. Includes factory price, trade discount (30-50% off retail), procurement fee, shipping, customs and consolidated total. No hidden charges.
50% deposit, then we place orders with each factory. 6-16 weeks production depending on brand and customisation. We track milestones with each factory. For projects above CHF 100'000, we conduct factory inspections before shipment.
Consolidated shipment from our logistics hub in Northern Italy. For EU, delivery is straightforward. For US, UK, Middle East — we handle customs documentation, duties and import clearance. Balance due before shipment.
Unpacking, assembly, placement according to your floor plan, packaging removal and walkthrough. If something is damaged in transit, we handle the claim and replacement — you deal with us, not the factory or shipping company.
Seymour, White, Freeman
Retail: $12,000 – $35,000
$8,000 – $25,000
Trade pricing, fabric dependent
Camaleonda, Bend, Charles
Retail: $10,000 – $45,000
$7,000 – $30,000
Trade pricing, configuration dependent
Arco, IC Lights, Taccia
Retail: $800 – $3,500
$500 – $2,200
Trade pricing, finish dependent
Xila, Code, Hide
Retail: CHF 8'000 – 15'000/m
CHF 5'000 – 10'000/m
Trade pricing, per linear metre
Senzafine, Ubik system
Retail: $8,000 – $25,000
$5,000 – $15,000
Trade pricing, per linear metre
MU, Mbrace, Brixx
Retail: $4,000 – $15,000
$2,500 – $10,000
Trade pricing, hand-woven DEDON Fiber
How pricing works: Italian manufacturers set a list price (listino). Trade partners receive 30-40% off list. Volume projects (CHF 200'000+) reach 40-50% off. Our procurement fee is built into the quoted price — not added on top.
Minimum: CHF 20'000 for new clients. Payment: 50% deposit, 50% before shipment. Bank transfer in CHF, EUR, USD, GBP.
You can order from Italian factories yourself. Many designers do, especially for single-brand projects. But for multi-brand residential projects — Minotti in the living room, Poliform in the bedroom, Boffi in the kitchen, Flos throughout and DEDON on the terrace — a procurement partner saves time and money.
Time
A 15-brand project means 15 trade account applications, 15 order processes, 15 delivery windows to coordinate. We compress this into one process.
Money
We negotiate volume discounts across brands. A designer ordering one Cassina table gets 35% trade discount. The same table as part of a CHF 200'000 multi-brand order gets 42-45%.
Risk
If a sofa arrives with a scratch or the wrong fabric, who handles the claim? When you order through us, it is our responsibility. One call, one resolution.
Chiara Borgoli visits Italian factories twice a year — once in spring around Salone del Mobile in Milan, and once in autumn for production planning. She walks the production lines in Brianza, checks new materials in the upholstery workshops, sits with product managers to discuss lead times and reviews quality standards.
We visit Minotti in Meda, Poliform in Inverigo, Boffi in Lentate sul Seveso, Molteni&C in Giussano, Flos in Bovezzo and DEDON's showroom in Milan. These are the towns of Brianza and Lombardy where Italian furniture is made — not in showrooms, but in workshops where artisans build each piece by hand.
We also arrange factory visits for clients and designers working on significant projects. Seeing a Minotti sofa being built — the frame construction, the density-graded foam layers, the hand-stitched leather — changes how you specify furniture.
For clients who want technology and furniture coordinated from day one, we offer smart home integration as part of the procurement scope. Lighting control (Lutron, KNX), motorised blinds, multi-room audio and climate systems — specified alongside the furniture so that wiring routes, switch positions and speaker locations are decided before walls close.
This matters because technology installed after furniture delivery always involves compromise. A Lutron lighting panel positioned behind a Poliform wardrobe. Speaker cable routes that clash with a Boffi kitchen island. We prevent these conflicts by coordinating both scopes together.
90+
projects delivered worldwide
34
countries served
200+
brand partnerships
5
years in the sector
30-50%
below retail pricing
FF&E stands for Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment. In residential projects, furniture covers sofas, dining tables, beds, chairs and storage. Fixtures include kitchens, bathrooms, built-in wardrobes and door hardware. Equipment covers lighting, smart home systems, audio-visual and window treatments. The term originated in hospitality and commercial interiors but is now standard in high-end residential projects worth CHF 50'000 and above.
A typical residential project takes 12-20 weeks from approved specification to completed installation. This breaks down to 1-2 weeks for quotation, 6-16 weeks for factory production depending on brands and customisation level, and 2-4 weeks for international shipping and delivery. Boffi kitchens and fully custom Poliform wardrobes sit at the longer end (12-18 weeks production). Lighting from Flos or Artemide is usually the fastest category at 6-8 weeks.
The cost depends on your specification. As a guide: a two-bedroom apartment furnished with mid-range Italian brands (Flexform, Molteni&C, Foscarini) typically runs CHF 80'000-150'000. A four-bedroom villa with top-tier brands (Minotti, B&B Italia, Boffi, Flos) ranges from CHF 250'000 to CHF 800'000+. Our procurement fee is built into the quoted price — you pay trade pricing plus our margin, which is still 20-35% below retail showroom prices.
CHF 20'000 for new clients. There is no minimum for design professionals with an ongoing working relationship. For projects under CHF 20'000, we recommend purchasing directly through local authorised dealers, though we are happy to advise on brand and product selection regardless of budget.
Standard trade discounts range from 30-40% off retail list price. For larger multi-brand projects, volume discounts reach 40-50% off retail. The exact discount depends on the brand, product category and total order value. A designer ordering one Cassina table gets the standard 35% trade discount. The same table as part of a CHF 200'000 multi-brand order gets 42-45%.
Yes. Our primary logistics corridors run to the United States, United Kingdom, Middle East (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar) and Switzerland. We also deliver to Asia, Australia and Africa. For non-EU destinations, we handle customs documentation and duties calculation. Customs duties are passed through at cost — we do not mark up import charges. Add 2-4 weeks shipping time for the US and Middle East, 1-2 weeks for European destinations.
Yes — you bring the specification, we execute it. Most of our clients are interior designers and architects who have already selected products. We review the specification for accuracy, flag discontinued items or long lead times, and propose alternatives where needed. If you need help selecting products, our design consultation service is available as a separate or bundled engagement.
We inspect all items before they leave Italy (mandatory for projects above CHF 100'000, available on request for smaller orders). If damage occurs in transit, we file the insurance claim, arrange replacement production with the factory and coordinate re-delivery. You deal with us, not with the factory or the shipping company. In five years and 90+ projects, we have had fewer than 15 damage claims — and every one was resolved within the original project timeline.
We maintain direct trade accounts with over 200 Italian and European manufacturers. The most commonly specified brands include Minotti, B&B Italia, Poliform, Cassina, Molteni&C and Flexform for furniture; Flos, Artemide and Foscarini for lighting; Boffi and Dada for kitchens; Agape and Antonio Lupi for bathrooms; and DEDON, Kettal and Ethimo for outdoor. If a brand is not on our list, we can set up a new trade account within 2-4 weeks. Browse the full brand portfolio →
Showrooms typically sell at full retail list price or with a modest 10-15% courtesy discount for trade professionals. Our trade pricing is 30-50% below retail. For example, a Minotti Seymour sofa retailing at $18,000 in a showroom is approximately $11,000-12,000 at trade pricing through us. Even after our procurement fee and shipping, the total cost is typically 20-35% below what you would pay in a retail showroom.
Yes. We offer smart home integration as part of the procurement scope — lighting control (Lutron, KNX), motorised blinds, multi-room audio and climate systems. Coordinating technology and furniture from day one prevents conflicts: a Lutron panel positioned behind a Poliform wardrobe, speaker cables clashing with a Boffi kitchen island.
50% deposit at order confirmation. 50% balance before shipment from Italy. We accept bank transfers in CHF, EUR, USD and GBP. For projects above CHF 500'000, staged payment schedules can be arranged to align with factory production milestones. All prices are quoted inclusive of our procurement fee — there are no additional charges after approval.
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