Electa
$ 5,580
Fasem: the leather desk, the leather chair — Tuscan craft for the corner office
An American executive office has two protagonists: the desk and the chair. Fasem dresses both in leather — writing desks, scrittoi, chairs, armchairs and stools in full-grain hide over long-lasting steel, made in the Pisa territory of Tuscany for almost forty years. The workshop turns wood by hand, runs modern chrome-plating plants, works with designers of international profile and ships to more than sixty countries — with one declared intent: pieces designed to remain in time. In a market of laminate lookalikes, a leather writing desk from the Tuscan leather country is a statement that needs no nameplate.
La Mercanti delivers Fasem to U.S. offices coast to coast — the corner office, dressed in full grain.
FAQ
What makes a leather writing desk worth it?
Presence and longevity: full-grain hide over steel gives a work surface that feels substantial every day and looks better at year ten than at year one — the opposite of veneer.
Can one house do the desk and the seating?
That is Fasem's range: writing desks, chairs, armchairs, stools and small tables in the same leather-and-steel language — the office reads as one hand.
How to build an executive office around leather
Five moves for a corner office with real presence.
Start with the desk
The writing surface sets the room's authority.
Match the chair's hide
Same leather, same patina timeline.
Add the guest pair
Two leather armchairs complete the conversation.
Keep steel visible
The structure is part of the design, not a secret.
Condition twice a year
Minimal care, decades of return.