Design and craftsmanship have always been at the heart of ercol, one of England’s most enduring furniture companies, since it was founded in 1920 by young Italian designer, Lucian Ercolani OBE. Over 96 years later the company remains family-owned and today is run by Lucian’s grandson. From the early 1920’s, through to today, ercol has worked with craftsmen, manufacturers and retailers to create and extend the ercol furniture collection to the widest audience. The ercol brand has become synonymous with celebrated design combined with excellent functionality. ercol has a strong British design heritage and today’s designs are created within its design studio in Princes Risborough in the Buckinghamshire Chiltern Hills. Furniture is made by craftsmen in ercol’s Buckinghamshire factory or by one of ercol’s manufacturing partners across the globe.