Perugia, Italy-based Benedikt Bolza Design is an architecture studio and design firm founded by architect, interior designer and furniture designer Count Benedikt Bolza. A range of bespoke lighting and furniture — including armchairs, benches, console tables and cocktail tables — is designed at the firm and produced by Bolza’s furniture brand, B.B. for Reschio.
Bolza, whose family is of Italian origin but whose title owes to aristocratic roots in Austria-Hungary, was raised near Munich in Germany. His path toward a career in design began with his parents.
In the 1990s, Count Antonio Bolza and Countess Angelika Bolza purchased the Castello di Reschio estate in the rolling hills of Umbria. At the time, their son was studying at the University of Westminster in London to become an architect. In 1999, he tackled the project of restoring the estate farmhouses — many of them in ruins — and oversaw the design and rebuilding of the structures. By 2013, Count Benedikt Bolza had rebuilt 22 of the 50 homes, transforming them into luxurious villas complete with interiors that he created.
Bolza, his wife, Donna Nencia Corsini, and their five children moved into the estate’s derelict 10th-century-era castle and lived there for years, eventually securing funding from a silent partner to restore it. In 2021, the former castle opened as a 36-bedroom hotel, which afforded guests the opportunity to experience Bolza's luxurious furniture in the spaces for which it was created — everything from the brass vanities made in Florence to the decorative objects mined from local marketplaces.
Bolza collaborated with nearby Italian artisans to create the hotel’s furnishings through his brand, B.B. for Reschio, which had existed in some sense prior to the hospitality property project but was formalized as the company’s founder became tasked with designing furnishings for the vast Reschio estate restoration. B.B. for Reschio now regularly participates in design fairs.
Each of the opulent B.B. for Reschio furnishings that are custom-made for clients as well as those for Hotel Castello di Reschio are born of a meld of Baroque and classical Italian influences and draw on contemporary styles, too. The items are constructed entirely by hand, with local carpenters, stonemasons and other artisans and craftsmen sourcing Italian leathers and woven fabrics from the region as well as other materials like travertine, marble and oak.
Bolza stresses that he doesn't set out to make luxury furniture but rather designs to the proportions of the space, as the ancients did. “Bespoke furniture was never a luxury," he told Forbes. "It was simply the natural order of things."
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$4,568 / item
21st Century Garden Chair, the Classic Garden Chair
By Benedikt Bolza Design
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
A classic steel frame chair with generoulsly crafted cushion for outside use. This iconic 18th century design simply sits so well in any exterior s...
Steel
21st Century Leather Upholstered and Bronzed Frame Bar Stool, the Bar Chair
By B.B. for Reschio, Benedikt Bolza Design
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
Designed for The Bar Centrale at the heart of the newly opened Ristorante alle Scuderie, the green bar chair, a new element of the B.B. for Reschio range.
Brass, Steel
The Etruscan Window Seat-Ebonized Oak and Patinated Bronze Mounted Window Seat
By B.B. for Reschio, Benedikt Bolza Design
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
An ebonized oak and patinated bronze mounted window seat of neoclassical form, the cushion and bolsters covered in silk taffeta. B.B. - Drawn up in front of a fire, at the end of a ...
Bronze
21st Century Garden Chaise Longue, The Classic Garden Chaise Longue
By Benedikt Bolza Design
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
The Classic Garden chaise longue. A steel frame with adjustable back, the small wheels enable maneuverability. Generously crafted buttoned cushions for ...
Steel
21st Century Leather Upholstered Stool in a Linear Steel Frame Simple Bar Chair
By Benedikt Bolza Design, B.B. for Reschio
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
The Simple Bar chair - A leather upholstered bar stool in a simple linear steel frame Specifications: Polished steel or powder coated ...
Steel
Classic Garden Sofa-Classic Steel Frame Sofa with Buttoned Cushions
By Benedikt Bolza Design
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
A Classic steel frame sofa with generously crafted buttoned cushions for outside use B.B. - We make this Iconic 18th century design because it simply...
Steel
Classic Garden Armchair-Classic Steel Frame armchair with Buttoned Cushions
By Benedikt Bolza Design
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
A Classic steel frame chair with generously crafted buttoned cushions for outside use B.B. - We make this Iconic 18th century design because it sim...
Steel
21st Century Bronze-Plated Steel Dressing Bench, the Dumb Valet
By Benedikt Bolza Design
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
Bronze-plated steel framed dressing bench with upholstered seat, extending superstructure and foldable footrests. B.B. - The sinuous form merges into...
Steel
21st Century Leather Upholstered and Simple Linear Frame Dining Chair
By Benedikt Bolza Design, B.B. for Reschio
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
The simple chair, a leather upholstered dining chair in a simple linear steel frame Specifications: Polished steel or powder coated frame, leather upholstered seat and back rest ...
Steel
$14,465 / item
21st Century Leather and Brass Armchair
By Benedikt Bolza Design
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
The leather armchair - A brass structure holding a superbly crafted handstitched leather seat. B.B. - I love the Italian leather contrasting with the Classic 1930s brushed brass frame.
Steel
21st Century Leather Upholstered Armchair, The Simple Armchair
By B.B. for Reschio, Benedikt Bolza Design
Located in Lisciano Niccone, Perugia
Designed for Alle Scuderie restaurant, a leathered upholstered armchair, in a simple linear frame. This light-weight design comes in a wide range of Italian leathers and it combines...
Steel
19th Century English Oak Window Seat
Located in High Point, NC
19th Century oak window seat from England. This piece has lovely hand carved decorated arms attached to the seat, which is made from a single board. Th...
Oak
$3,400 / item
H 48.04 in W 37.41 in D 38.19 in
Nest Egg Hanging Swing Chair Steel Modern In/Outdoor 21st Century White Twig
By Joanina and David Pastoll
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
The Nest Egg hanging swing chair is inspired from the organic forms in bird nests and has a natural egg shape. The pattern detail is remin...
Steel
$3,400 / item
H 39.38 in W 28.35 in D 39.38 in
Lucky Bean Hanging Swing Chair Steel Modern 21st Century in/Outdoor Gold
By Joanina and David Pastoll
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
The lucky bean or coral tree, Erythrina lysistemon is a species of deciduous tree that is native to South Africa. This hanging chair reminds us of the cocoo...
Steel
$9,617
H 63 in W 20.87 in D 13.78 in
Early 20th Century Italian Large Garden Statue "Leda and the Swan"
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Beautiful refined large garden statue, circa 1920s in stone hand carved. Beautiful and majestic statue. A beautiful representation of Leda and the ...
Stone
19th Century French Long Window Seat
Located in High Point, NC
19th century oak long window seat from France. The seat is made from a single board. The apron is also hand carved in a nulling pattern and the bench is supported on hand turned legs...
Oak
19th Century Carved Oak Window Seat
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English oak hand carved window seat. This window seat has a lovely hand-carved and scalloped back, following down to hand turned arms, which are resting upon the seat. ...
Oak
$9,583 / item
H 71.26 in W 111.03 in D 61.42 in
Stainless Steel Framed Outdoor Swing Sofa with Waterproof Blue Acrylic Seats
Located in Santo Tirso, PT
Fable Outdoor Swing 3 Seater The Fable swing 3 seater is completely customizable, which offers you the possibility of turning it in the main attraction and star of any patio or garden design. The whole design of this sophisticated outdoor swing was developed according to the following structure: - Structure: matte lacquered stainless steel; - Metallic details: copper-plated stainless steel; - Upholstery: beige acrylic fabric; - Straps: outdoor leather All Myface materials are from premium suppliers, engineered to offer the best performance possible outdoors. Water, Mold, Mildew, UV and Fading resistance are some of the characteristics that you can expect from both materials, that are available in a wide array of colors and patterns. Swinging through earlier memories with the interpretation of the traditional childhood swing. With the addition of one seat, this swing was designed to be enjoyed in good...
Stainless Steel
George III Ebonized Window Bench
Located in Essex, MA
With scrolled out arms and rectangular seat, raised on tapered square legs, Labelled on underside inside the seat rail. Livermere Hall. Livermere Hall was located in Suffolk England....
Wood
Unavailable|$7,304 / item
H 28.75 in W 82.68 in D 43.31 in
21st Century Brooks Chaise Lounge Linen Walnut Wood Handmade in Portugal
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
Collin Brooks, a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, founded the Manchester Press Agency before joining the army. He later worked for several newspapers and eventually became editor and chairman of one. He also participated in broadcasts for BBC Radio. This illustrious man, author of more than fifty books, including fiction and novels, was part of a Gentlemen’s Club where he got to know more talented people like him, either in the same art has his or in different ones. The Brooks chaise...
Fabric, Walnut
19th Century English Mahogany Window Seat
Located in High Point, NC
19th century mahogany window seat from England. The handles resting on the top are hand turned and mirror the turnings on the legs. They are turned in a flat spool manner and add a...
Mahogany
Large Hall Bench or Window Seat of Patinated Oak from England
Located in Austin, TX
A fine English hall bench or window seat or stool of oak from the William IV period, featuring turned bolsters at opposing ends over a long plank seat and set upon four turned legs. ...
Wood, Oak
Bamboo Motif Cast Iron Window Seat
Located in Astoria, NY
Bamboo Motif Black Patinated Cast Iron Window Seat, with upholstered cushion and Global Views label to underside. 28.5" H x 25.5" W x 16.25" D; seat: 19.5" H. Provenance: From a Broo...
Iron