Strässle

Still before one hundred and fifty years the majority of the Europeans sat on hard stools, banks and chairs. Only Patricians and wealthy citizens could afford comfortable upholstered furniture in the style of the yards and prince houses. Only after the industrial revolution and with the increasing prosperity of the middle class it came to the broader demand for comfortable furniture. They were usually manufactured to the end of the 19th century of carpenters, upholsterers and paperhangers as single order and according to desires of the client.

The establishment of our company falls into this time. In Kirchberg in the Toggenburg 1886 the upholsterer master opened Gottlieb Strässle after long study and moving years an upholstery pad and car construction industry. Its son, ho had been formed in Nice as interior decorator, took over the paternal business in 1929. In the same year already, he showed his first contemporary collection of upholstered furniture at the Swiss sample fair in Basel. With it also our specialization began on the production of seat furniture.

Numerous models from our collection are specified as important drafts in the book of „Möbel die Geschichte machten“. The Eichenberger collection, the model Arco and Nonna of Paul Tuttle, and the exclusive from fiber glass and polyester designed furniture program Sitwell of Hans Bellmann as well as the model Divan of S.L. Bensinger.

The manufacturing also today still takes place after the same principles. Requirement-full Design paired with maximum performance to relating crafts. High-quality pure aniline leather finished by specialists with perfection offers singular seat benefit with a fantastic touch.