Contract quality is the term generally used to describe the type of furniture and textiles needed for use in public spaces including hospitality venues and commercial spaces. Contract furniture and textiles are designed to withstand greater impacts and wear. Each of our products offered for Contract feature upgraded testing demands from our traditional residential standards. Williams-Sonoma Inc. Contract testing standards include all of our regulatory residential standards with an increased level of use, abuse, and reliability testing pulled from select test from the ANSI/BIFMA testing protocols. west elm WORKSPACE product is tested to and passes BIFMA standards, the highest level of contract testing