Bridgman Contract & Commercial Furniture

Contract & Commercial Furniture

Bridgman has supplied a large number of clubs, associations, hotels, restaurants, conference centres, local authorities and similar establishments with thousands of pieces of furniture over the years.

We realise that each project is unique and we are happy to discuss, advise and recommend a specific solution to meet your requirements.

Our staff possess an enormous amount of experience and we will only recommend suitable pieces of furniture from our ranges, dependent on the intended use and size of the budget.

If required we may be able to offer a computer aided design service and carry out special services, including assembly and treatment.

Pictured below just of a few of our recent projects.











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Garden Furniture

Garden furniture has been made from a variety of materials over the past 50 years and this has changed substantially, especially in the last 20 years.

The designs and the materials have increasingly become more sophisticated and are often now combined on the same product

In the 1960s garden furniture was traditionally made from wood. High quality garden furniture was made from Teak wood and cheaper furniture from softwood. Cheaper furniture was also made in tubular aluminium. During the late 1960’s, through the 1970’s and early 1980’s, white resin furniture dominated the industry.

In the mid 1980’s and 1990’s quality hardwood garden furniture became more prevalent and dominated the higher price garden furniture sets, whilst aluminium garden furniture and cast aluminium were sold in larger volumes where discount garden furniture was required.

By the turn of the century, a whole host of materials were in common use. Teak garden furniture and Iroko garden furniture were still being sold in large volumes as upmarket outdoor furniture. Aluminium, stainless steel and textilene were increasingly used and also combinations of Teak wood, Aluminium and glass.

In the past 5 years an all weather wicker material has become the most popular choice for garden and conservatory furniture. The synthetic wicker is normally woven over an aluminium frame and as long as a high quality manufacturer is used, the furniture will require no maintenance.