EXPERTISE

Our original crafts are leather covering, gilding, and embossing on leather to produce Cordoba-style panels, as well as much more contemporary embossing designs.

High Gainery

True artisans, our upholsterers, leatherworkers, gilders, and furniture saddlers have mastered exceptional skills recognized by the Entreprises du Patrimoine Vivant (EPV) label, awarded by the French government (since 2007 and renewed three times).

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Wallet - Designer Pierre Charrié / Photo Baptiste Heller

Conic pedestal table - Designer Christophe Bourban / Photo Stéphane Briolant

Arcade machine - Tre Paris / Photo Stéphane Briolant

Pedestal table - Designer Elliott Barnes for Delisle

Office - Design by Reda Amalou / Photo by Mickael Bernard

Classic case

Contemporary setting

Wallet - Design Pierre Charrié / Photo Baptiste Heller

Lamp - Designer Elliott Barnes for Delisle

Office - Olivier Dollé

Walk-in closet - Design Damien Langlois-Meurinne

Fake leather book

Sheathing

Covering involves applying a flexible material by gluing it to a surface. We cover boxes, furniture, floors, walls, and other panels of all sizes and shapes with leather or fabric.

Our techniques can be applied to all types of surfaces: Michelin-starred restaurants have covered menus, and some luxury hotels have opted for walls covered with faux books, which we custom-make. Several beautiful Parisian boutiques have stair railings covered by Maison Fey.

In a completely different field, we create exceptional furniture and custom-made display cases for leading jewelers and watchmakers. More recently, we have begun producing bars clad in stone veneer, combining the beauty of stone with the lightness of veneer.

Maison Fey also specializes in covering office leather goods, furniture, and objects in general.

Marking & Gilding on Leather

We use a roulette wheel and a waffle iron to create embossed markings. These are known as tone-on-tone markings, meaning they are colorless. The material is simply "engraved." To create colored or gold markings, a gold or colored film must be inserted between the leather and the tool. The color is then transferred onto the leather.

Fake book cover with gold lettering

Embossed Cordoba leather

Embossing

Embossing is a technique used to create raised patterns in paper or other malleable materials. The embossed pattern can then be left plain or painted. To emboss, we use molds on plates known as embossing plates, which we can make to order or use from our existing stock.

We handle every stage of production: embossing, assembly using connectors, hand painting of the background and reliefs, and protective varnish if necessary.

We create panels made of Cordoba leather for walls, ceilings, headboards, chairs, and even floors. This ancient technique can be applied to leather, stone veneer, or even wood veneer.

Maison Fey has around fifty classic and contemporary embossing plates. We can also engrave your design onto a plate if you would like an exclusive model.

01 - Daisy

02 - Daisy

03 - Daisy

04 - Daisy

05 - Daisy

06 - Credit card

07 - Shell

08 - Pompadour

09 - Saint Petersburg

10 - Grand Style

11 - Griffin

12- Olympus

13 - Sunflowers

14 - Versailles

15 - Versailles

Henry II - Assisi

Henry II - File

20 - Fleurette

22- Grid

23 - Chain

24 - Chain

25 - Acanthus

27 - Acanthus

29 - Marie Antoinette

30 - Marie Antoinette

31 - Bird with foliage

32 - Bird of paradise

34 - Bird of paradise

39 - Curved cane

40 - Volutes

41 - Striated

42 - Striated Square

43 - Striated square

44 - Indonesia

45 - Striations

46 - Foliage

47 - Biarritz

48 - Chains

49 - Perla

Design: Sophie Bohrt

Painting on leather

The leather is painted in-house by our artisan colorists. We create our own colors by mixing water-based pigments specifically designed for leather. This allows us to achieve the closest possible match to the Pantone reference.

Leather painting is generally done on Cordoba leather panels. If a colored background is desired, the color is applied with a spray gun. If the reliefs need to be painted, this is done by hand with a brush. It is a long and extremely meticulous task.

Embroidered Cordoba leather

Embroidery on leather

To further highlight the texture of its Cordoba leather, Maison Fey came up with the idea of embroidering it by hand or machine. These embroideries enhance the leather and give it a completely personalized touch. Depending on your project and budget, we can offer you the embroidery that will magnify your work.

Restoration of leather items

We restore or recreate identical replicas of leather-covered boxes, armchair cushions, clock or alarm clock cases, the edges and covers of antique books, furniture, etc.

Maison Fey specializes in the restoration of antique objects, the restoration of trunks, and the upholstery of antique furniture in general.

Our design office

Project analysis and study, technical drawing precision, development... Maison Fey's design office provides its clients, interior architects, and designers with a tailor-made service that is perfectly suited to their expectations.

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