Frequently asked questions

Rute is a specification catalogue for architects and interior designers. It holds the furniture houses you specify from, with their dimensions, finishes and indicative pricing, searchable by name or by a photograph you took on site. It is a reference tool, not a shop.

No. Nothing is sold or ordered on Rute. We list what manufacturers make so you can specify it; the purchase happens between you and the brand or its dealer.

From the manufacturers' own catalogues and technical documentation, entered and checked by our catalogue team. Where a figure is missing from a brand's published material, the field is left empty rather than estimated. An invented dimension is worse than an absent one on a drawing.

Prices shown are indicative and are there to help you shortlist within a budget, not to quote from. They vary with finish, size, import duty, freight and the dealer you buy through. Treat them as a range, and confirm with the brand before committing a figure to a client.

Upload a photograph or paste an image URL and Rute matches it visually against the catalogue. It is built for the case where you have a reference shot from a project, a magazine or a site visit and no idea what the piece is called. Results are visual matches, not exact identifications.

Write to [email protected] with the brand and a link to its catalogue. We add brands whose technical documentation is complete enough to specify from, and there is no fee to be listed.

Send the product’s URL and what is wrong to [email protected]. Corrections to specifications are made against the manufacturer’s own documentation, so a link to the source helps.