Blasco (by Blasco) is a Spanish furniture brand for handcrafted upholstered furniture, whose history begins just before the company was founded: in 1939 brothers Pedro and Rafael Blasco began at age 11 as apprentices in a small upholstery workshop in Pozuelo de Alarcón (north-west of Madrid), then the favourite summer destination of Madrid's upper bourgeoisie. A few years later, in 1945, they founded their own company as minors — formally represented by their parents. In the 1960s, when Pozuelo had several tanneries, Blasco specialised in leather sofas and became Spain's first leather sofa manufacturer. The brothers co-founded the International Furniture Fair of Madrid with 29 other companies. In 1982 Blasco became an official supplier to El Corte Inglés. After the brothers separated in 1987, Jesús Miguel Blasco took over in 1994 and made the transition from leather to fabric. 2000s: first collection in Japanese-inspired wabi-sabi aesthetics. 2012: first own fabric collection. 2013: first appearance at Maison & Objet Paris. Currently: collaboration with Zara Home (Vincent Van Duysen collection). Facilities: production 3,000 m², showroom 900 m². Energy self-sufficiency through solar installation.
Design philosophy: "icon pieces" for a lifetime — timeless designs, not seasonal collections. Core pieces: Liberty, Odéon, St. Germain (catalogue icons since the 2000s). Function: removable linen slipcovers — customers change the cover, not the sofa. Bespoke production (length, depth, cushion count, wood type, finishes). Materials: fine wood, steel, natural fibres, latex, down. European dealer network.
For interior designers and discerning private clients, Blasco is the purest embodiment of the Spanish tapicería tradition — a family business with 80 years of history that treats sofas as lifetime investments rather than seasonal goods, and literally designs its linen icon pieces to be passed down through generations.