Modellers of Antique Hand Crafted Furniture
Life Time Guarantee on Furniture
Antique Furniture Manufactures with 74 Years Experience
Modellers of Antique Hand Crafted Furniture
Life Time Guarantee on Furniture
Antique Furniture Manufactures with 74 Years Experience
Modellers of Antique Furniture
We are renowned for the finest handcrafted wood furniture using premium wood & fabric, sourced locally & internationally.
Modellers of Antique Furniture, Classic Revivals is a company that is highly respected and renowned for their skilled craftsmen that have been trained by the Rech family over the past seventy-four years, being the oldest furniture manufacturer in South Africa. They are “The Rech Family” and are an integral part of our unique success. These craftsmen, as a result of years of training and constant empowerment, have the confidence and design skill to interpret timeless classical or modern designs from a picture or a rough sketch of an idea.
The millennium has seen the company now managed by the South African born Rech brothers, Fino and Franco Rech. With them came new modern design concepts that keep the company abreast of the times and satisfy the modern requirements of our private, hospitality and corporate clientele.
At the same time they ensure the authenticity of that particular period, whether it is modern or of period, while satisfying the function of that piece to fit a modern lifestyle. All pieces created in this way will be unique and individual to you and your requirements.
CR are widely recognized as being synonymous with high quality craftsmanship within the wood & furniture industry, using only the best techniques in design excellence.
CR are so confident in the quality of our product that we have a lifetime guarantee on any piece of furniture. It's our commitment to clients to not only strive for excellence but guarantee it.
As a designer of custom wood furniture and installations in South Africa with Italian heritage. Each piece is uniquely tailored to meet clients' needs.
CR are renowned for the finest crafting using premium woods, materials & tools. Classic Revivals shops have been owned and managed by the Rech family since the early 1950's.
Our reputation is enhanced by our own dedicated team who constantly strives to keep Classic Revivals in the enviable position of being a manufacturer of choice in South Africa.
More than Seven decades of Experience
With a legacy that has endured more than six decades it comes as little surprise that Classic Revivals’ craftsmanship is the South African benchmark for furniture heirlooms of future generations. This family business was started by brothers Atillio and Agostiono Rech who brought their inherited fine crafting skills from the foothills of the Italian Dolomite Mountains in the 1950’s and established their ‘Modellers’ workshop in Johannesburg.
Today, as Classic Revivals, the business remains family-run boasting two elegant showrooms in Johannesburg’s Parktown North and De Waterkant in Cape Town. From antique reproduction to more contemporary designs, Classic Revivals remains synonymous with the finest crafting using premium materials.
The patriarch, Silvio Rech, was a cabinetmaker by trade. He produced magnificent furniture pieces and church doors and the like in Italy that can still be seen today. Life on the mountain was hard, but it was the epitome of humble living. The whole village would get together occasionally and partake in a village feast that involved communal cheese, Grappa and wine making, while eating and partaking in their produce in copious quantities. The bonds that residents had were strong and lifelong with all families supporting each other and ensuring the success of the young Feltrian’s.
World war two happened and Italy was never the same. In the early 1950’s, Attilio Rech was knighted for his heroism during the war. In 1951 the brothers migrated to South Africa, away from war ravaged Italy. In 1953, they acquired their own factory in Johannesburg. They immediately followed the instincts inherent to “The Rech Chromosomal chain” and started introducing European designs and copies of European antiques to South Africa. Their dream was to produce the masterpieces that would grace the rooms and offices of International hotel groups, financial institutions, private homes, foreign embassies, presidents and kings. This dream is now a reality, firmly supported by the talent, dedication and relentless labor of 5 generations.
